Rude Family History
- Rude Name Meaning
- from a pet form of a personal name formed with Old High German hrod ‘fame’, for example Rudolf or Rüdiger (see Rudiger). from Middle High German rude, rü(e)de ‘hound’, probably applied as a nickname or as a metonymic occupational name for a keeper of hunting dogs. EG
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 174,985 Historical Documents with Rude on Ancestry
- 54,321 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 27,335 Census and Voter Lists
- 5,701 Military Records
- 3,194 Immigration Records
- 84,434 Member Trees
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Number of Rude families
 9 - 15  4 - 8 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Rude census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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