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    The surname Ra

    A surname, carried by 1,458 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R000

    Ra: #18,793 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ra #18,793, 1,458 people Ra: #18,793 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ra #18,793, 1,458 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ra is more common than 88.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,458 people named Ra in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 211,760 Americans. That is up 30% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,118.

    #18,793
    rank among US surnames
    1,458
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +30.4%
    change since 2000 (was #21,716)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,786Weisenberger1,459211,614
    #18,793Cort1,458211,760

    Who is named Ra

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    73% of people named Ra identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 13% as white (not Hispanic) and 6.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 73%
    • White (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ra

    Ra has the Soundex code R000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R000.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Ra?
    1,458 people in the United States had the surname Ra in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 211,760 Americans. It ranked 18,793rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ra?
    In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Ra identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 13% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Ra getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,118 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,458 in 2010, up 30%.