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Rutherford name meaning

First Name
692
in the U.S.
since 1880
Last Name
28k
in the U.S.
in 2010
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Meaning and Origin

What does the name Rutherford mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.

Origin and Meaning of Rutherford

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Scottish
67%
Hebrew
17%
English
8%
African
8%

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  1. British physicist (born in New Zealand) who discovered the atomic nucleus and proposed a nuclear model of the atom (1871-1937)
    Synonyms: ernest rutherford, first baron rutherford, and first baron rutherford of nelson
  2. British chemist who isolated nitrogen (1749-1819)
    Synonyms: daniel rutherford
  3. A unit strength of a radioactive source equal to one million disintegrations per second
Wiktionary

After Ernest Rutherford.

  1. An obsolete unit of radioactivity (symbol: rd), defined as the activity of a quantity of radioactive material in which one million nuclei decay per second.

rutherford was also found in the following language(s): Polish

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Notable Persons Named Rutherford

Notable Persons Named Rutherford

Rutherford B. Hayes

Rutherford B. Hayes was a 19th President of the United States. His military service ended in 1865. Rutherford was given the name Rutherford Birchard Hayes on October 4th, 1822 in Delaware, Ohio. He died on January 17th, 1893.

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Rutherford Aris

Rutherford Aris was a in the fields of control theory, chemical reactor, mathematical model, and catalysis. Rutherford was born on September 15th, 1929 in England. He left this life on November 2nd, 2005.

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Rutherford Platt Hayes

Rutherford was born on June 24th, 1858. He left this life on July 31st, 1927.

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Rutherford Decker

Rutherford was born on May 17th, 1904. He passed away in 1974.

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Rutherford George Montgomery

Rutherford was born on April 12th, 1894. Rutherford is also known as Avery, A.A. (pseud.); Avery, Al (pseud.); Elder, Art (pseud.); Marshall, E.P. (pseud.); Proctor, and Everitt (pseud.). He passed away on July 3rd, 1985.

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Rutherford Cravens

Rutherford Cravens is a film, television, theatre, tv, and stageactor.

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Notable Persons With the Last Name Rutherford

Notable Persons With the Last Name Rutherford

Dame Margaret Rutherford

Dame Margaret Rutherford was an actress. She has had major accomplishments since 1925. Dame was given the name Margaret Taylor Rutherford on May 11th, 1892 in Balham, London, England. She breathed her last breath on May 22nd, 1972.

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Mike Rutherford

Mike Rutherford is a progressive rock, art rock, pop rock, and soft rock musician. He plays Bass guitar, Guitar, Bass pedals, Cello, Electric sitar, Shergold, Rickenbacker, Steinberger, and Vocals. He has had major accomplishments since 1967. Mike was given the name Michael John Cloete Crawford Rutherford on October 2nd, 1950 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, U.K.

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Kelly Rutherford

Kelly Rutherford is an actress. She has been prominent since 1987. Kelly was given the name Kelly Rutherford Deane on November 6th, 1968 in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, U.S.

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Greg Rutherford

Greg Rutherford is an athlete. Greg was born on November 17th, 1986 in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England.

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Ann Rutherford

Ann Rutherford was an actress. Her career lasted from 1935 to 1976. Ann was given the name Therese Ann Rutherford on November 2nd, 1917 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She died on June 11th, 2012.

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Jesse James Rutherford

Jesse James Rutherford is an actor and singer. They have been prominent since 2002. Jesse was born on August 21st, 1991 in Newbury Park, California.

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  • Joseph Franklin Rutherford
    Lawyer
  • Jim Rutherford
    Soccer Player
  • Daniel Rutherford
    Scientist
  • Adam Rutherford
    Geneticist
  • Boyd Rutherford
    9th Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
  • Johnny Rutherford
    Nascar Driver
  • Alexander Cameron Rutherford
    Premier of Alberta
  • Samuel Rutherford
  • John Rutherford
    Former Sheriff of Jacksonville
  • Rivers Rutherford
    Songwriter
  • Griffith Rutherford
    Tennessee
  • William Rutherford
  • Charles Smith Rutherford
    Serjeant-at-arms
  • Ken Rutherford

Common last names for Rutherford

Common first names for Rutherford

Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity Rutherford U.S.
█  White 82.13% 64.26%
█  African American 11.69% 11.96%
█  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 0.53% 4.85%
█  American Indian and Alaska Native 1.16% 0.69%
█  Two or More Ethnicities 2.29% 1.76%
█  Hispanic or Latino 2.20% 16.26%

Of Last Name Rutherford

People with the last name Rutherford are most frequently White or African American

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Fun Facts about the name Rutherford

  • How Popular is the name Rutherford? Rutherford is the 13,735th most popular name of all time. As a last name Rutherford was the 1,250th most popular name in 2010.
  • How many people with the first name Rutherford have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 692 babies born with the first name Rutherford in the United States. That's more than enough people named Rutherford to occupy the territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) with an estimated population of 605 (as of June 30, 2010).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Rutherford? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1880 when it was given as a first name to 8 new born babies.
  • When was Rutherford first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Rutherford is Tuesday, December 7th, 1875.
  • What year had the most people named Rutherford born? The highest recorded use of the first name Rutherford was in 1921 with a total of 25 babies.
  • Random Rutherford Factoid: According to the 1921 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Rutherford is not a popular baby boy's name in Kentucky. Imagine that, only 5 babies in Kentucky have the same name in 1921.
  • Weird things about the name Rutherford: The name spelled backwards is Drofrehtur. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Rhutdrofre. How do you pronounce that?
  • How many people have the last name Rutherford? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 28,079 people with the last name Rutherford.
  • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Rutherford? If you manage to meet 100,000 people in your life, chances are that 10 of them will have Rutherford as their last name.
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