Rudnick Surname

78,775th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,200 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Rudnick Surname Definition:

(Polish) One who worked in a mine; dweller near a mine; one who came from Rudnik (red), the name of many places in Poland and Ukraine.

Rudnick Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,5841:101,13311,220
Germany1,2541:64,1998,260
Brazil8231:260,11510,004
Israel2671:32,0514,528
Canada841:438,63838,170
England461:1,211,26256,182
South Africa451:1,203,94968,637
Australia261:1,038,29659,744
Chile261:677,55715,745
Argentina71:6,106,202178,634
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States271:1,859,95194,590

Rudnick (43) may also be a first name.

Rudnick Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Polish) One who worked in a mine; dweller near a mine; one who came from Rudnik (red), the name of many places in Poland and Ukraine.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Rudnick Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Rudnick Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Rudnick is found most frequently in The United States. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rudnick? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 78,775th most commonly used surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,175,411 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 73 percent of Rudnick are found; 59 percent are found in North America and 59 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Rudnick is also the 1,545,828th most prevalent first name at a global level, borne by 43 people.

This last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 3,584 people, or 1 in 101,133. In The United States Rudnick is primarily found in: California, where 14 percent reside, New York, where 12 percent reside and Florida, where 10 percent reside. Barring The United States it is found in 31 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 20 percent reside and Brazil, where 13 percent reside.

Rudnick Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Rudnick has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Rudnick last name increased 13,274 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 4,600 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Rudnick Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Rudnick last name are 3.17% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 50.06% being registered with the party.

The amount Rudnick earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 2.29% less than the national average, earning R 232,188 per year; in United States they earn 15.37% more than the national average, earning $49,783 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.91% more than the national average, earning $59,577 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rudnicke9333/
Roudnick933/
Rudnicks931/
Ruddnick931/
Reudnick930/
Rudnik9212,594/
Rudnic92209/
Hrudnik8627/
Rudniks8615/
Ridnick865/
Rudnike862/
Rudneck862/
Roudnik862/
Rudnitk861/
Raudnic861/
Rudnaik861/
Roodnick8040/
Hrudnyck802/
Rudinnik801/
Rudnyk774,024/
Rodnik7773/
Ridnik7741/
Rudnig7713/
Rúdnik771/
Rudník771/
Rudnek771/
Rudnikova75586/
Rudniková752/
Rudnicova752/
Rudnykh71626/
Hrudník7136/
Hrudnyk718/
Rudneak711/
Hrudnikova711/
Rudnykova63107/
Rudnekova6336/
Hrudníková5954/
Hrudnykova599/
Rodnykh57194/
Hrodnyk5769/
Ridnykh5720/

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