Find out how popular the last name Rudisill is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Rudisill.

Rudisill, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Rudisill surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Rudisill in America

Rudisill is the 9836th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Rudisill surname appeared 3,290 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Rudisill.

We can also compare 2010 data for Rudisill to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Rudisill

The surname RUDISILL has its origins in Germany, with records suggesting it first emerged in the late 16th or early 17th century. The name is believed to derive from the Low German words "rüd" or "rüde," meaning "rude" or "uncultivated," and "sill," meaning a mill stream or small river. This likely indicates that the earliest bearers of the name lived near an uncultivated or rural mill stream or river.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the RUDISILL name can be found in the records of the town of Wittenberg, Germany, dating back to the late 1600s. The name appears to have been concentrated in the regions of Saxony and Thuringia during this period, with various spellings such as "Rüdesill," "Rudesill," and "Rüdisill" appearing in historical documents.

The RUDISILL name is mentioned in several historical manuscripts from the 18th and 19th centuries, although it is not found in the famous Domesday Book, which focused primarily on England. One notable bearer of the name was Johann Rudisill, a German clockmaker born in 1712, who is credited with creating some of the earliest mechanical clocks in the region.

As the RUDISILL family spread throughout Germany and beyond, the name began to appear in various historical records and documents. In the late 18th century, a man named Friedrich Rudisill was recorded as a member of the Prussian Army, serving during the Napoleonic Wars.

In the 19th century, the RUDISILL name made its way to the United States, with several individuals bearing the surname arriving as immigrants from Germany. One of the earliest recorded RUDISILLs in America was Johann Rudisill, who was born in 1805 in Bavaria and settled in Pennsylvania in the 1840s.

Another notable bearer of the RUDISILL name was Wilhelm Rudisill, a German-American artist born in 1860 in Hesse, Germany. He emigrated to the United States in the late 19th century and became known for his landscape paintings depicting scenes from the American West.

While the RUDISILL name is not as widely known as some other German surnames, it has a rich history and has been carried by individuals across various professions and walks of life throughout the centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Rudisill

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Rudisill.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Rudisill was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Rudisill has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Rudisill was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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