The Rudolph surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 19,462 people carried this name — #1,688 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 13,900 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 82 people named Rudolph.
32 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Rudolph in American newspapers,
1899–1961.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 475,731 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Rudolph,
with a public archive behind them.
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Eduard Rudolph 1823–1875 · actor -
Lucretia Garfield 1832–1918 · teacher -
Emil Rudolph 1853–1915 · professor -
Paul Rudolph 1858–1935 · engineer -
Robert Livingston Rudolph 1865–1930 · theologian
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 183 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rudolph.
- 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
- Rudolf 1,216 · 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
- Ruelle 537 · U.S. census
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