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    The surname Rabb

    A patronymic surname, carried by 2,899 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R100

    Rabb: #10,974 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rabb #10,974, 2,899 people Rabb: #10,974 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rabb #10,974, 2,899 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rabb is more common than 93.2% of them.

    Origin

    From a medieval diminutive form of the given name Robert.

    Rabb is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,899 people named Rabb in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 106,501 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,810.

    #10,974
    rank among US surnames
    2,899
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.2%
    change since 2000 (was #10,483)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,968Diener2,900106,464
    #10,974Rabb2,899106,501
    #10,977Branstetter2,898106,537
    #10,979Lucier2,897106,574
    #10,983Mirabal2,896106,611

    Who is named Rabb

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

    51% of people named Rabb identified as white (not Hispanic), 42% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 51%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 42%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Rabbs

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ivan Rabb
      American basketball player (born 1997)
    • Chris Rabb
      American politician, born 1970

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Rabb

    Rabb has the Soundex code R100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R100.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Rabb come from?
    From a medieval diminutive form of the given name Robert.
    How common is the surname Rabb?
    2,899 people in the United States had the surname Rabb in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 106,501 Americans. It ranked 10,974th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rabb?
    In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Rabb identified as white (not Hispanic), and 42% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Rabb?
    Ivan Rabb, American basketball player (born 1997), followed by Chris Rabb.
    Where is the surname Rabb most common?
    Wikidata records people named Rabb in the United States.
    What type of surname is Rabb?
    Rabb is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Rabb getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,810 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,899 in 2010, up 3.2%.