How common is the last name Rutherford?

26,667 people in the United States have the last name Rutherford, about 1 in 11,209. It ranks #1,290 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

RUTHERFORD

#1,290

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
26,667
About
1 in 11,209
This common or more
42.7%
Who bears it

Of the 26,667 people with the last name Rutherford, 79.2% reported their origin as White, 11.6% as Black and 4.6% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Also a first name

As a first name, Rutherford ranks #26,290 of 53,615, with 355 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1921, with 25 births. See Rutherford as a first name

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