Ringold

English

Etymology

• As a German surname, variant of German Ringolt, equivalent to Ring (“ring”) + walten (“to rule”). Compare Ringgold.
• As a Jewish surname, variant of Reingold, from German rein (“pure”) + Gold.

Proper noun

Ringold (countable and uncountable, plural Ringolds)

1. A surname from German.
2. An unincorporated community in McCurtain County, Oklahoma, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ringold is the 36048^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 622 individuals. Ringold is most common among White (53.05%) and Black/African American (39.39%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ringold”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• girlond, lording