The Rudolf surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,216 people carried this name — #20,334 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 222,200 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,327 people named Rudolf live in Switzerland.
They live in 21 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Poland’s population register
854 people named Rudolf have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 1,041 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 14 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 284 people named Rudolf.
25 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rudolf.
- Rudel 344 · U.S. census
- Rudi 322 · U.S. census
- Rudinger 112 · U.S. census
- Rudler 114 · U.S. census
- Rudloff 1,039 · U.S. census
- Rudnik 543 · U.S. census
- Rudolph 19,462 · U.S. census
- Rudy 7,296 · U.S. census
- Rue 4,905 · U.S. census
- Rueda 6,513 · U.S. census
- Rueff 499 · U.S. census
- Ruel 1,338 · U.S. census
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