Last Name RYDER

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Meaning The rider, i.e. trooper.
A forest officer, being mounted, and having the supervision of a large district. In the ballad of William of Cloudesly, the king, rewarding the dexterity of the archer who shot the apple from his child's head, says: "I give thee eightene pence a day, And my bowe thou shalt bere; And over all the north countre I make thee chyfe 'rydere.'"
Origin English, Jewish, Dutch, Irish, Belgian, South african

Rank 2,370 (2000 US census) 2,023 (1990 US census)
Count 14,004 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 93.54%, or 13099 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 2.87%, or 402 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.54%, or 76 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.57%, or 80 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.15%, or 161 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.32%, or 185 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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