How common is the surname Rabe?

4,472 people in the United States had the surname Rabe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,040 Americans. It ranked 7,450th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rabe?

In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Rabe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Rabe?

Lily Rabe, American actress (born 1982), followed by David Rabe.

Where is the surname Rabe most common?

Wikidata records people named Rabe in the United States.

Is the surname Rabe getting more or less common?

More common. 4,315 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,472 in 2010, up 3.6%.

The surname Rabe

A German surname, carried by 4,472 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rabe is more common than 95.4% of them.

Origin

German origin

A surname from German.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,472 people named Rabe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 69,040 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,315.

#7,450

rank among US surnames

4,472

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+3.6%

change since 2000 (was #7,139)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,443	Behm	4,476	68,978
#7,445	Seymore	4,474	69,009
#7,446	Topete	4,473	69,024
#7,450	Balch	4,472	69,040
#7,453	Deen	4,471	69,055
#7,455	Dressler	4,470	69,071

Who is named Rabe

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

89% of people named Rabe identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Asian and Pacific Islander 4.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 2.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rabes

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lily Rabe
American actress (born 1982)
David Rabe
American playwright and screenwriter, born 1940

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rabe

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Rabe come from?: Rabe is German in origin.
How common is the surname Rabe?: 4,472 people in the United States had the surname Rabe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,040 Americans. It ranked 7,450th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rabe?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Rabe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Rabe?: Lily Rabe, American actress (born 1982), followed by David Rabe.
Where is the surname Rabe most common?: Wikidata records people named Rabe in the United States.
Is the surname Rabe getting more or less common?: More common. 4,315 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,472 in 2010, up 3.6%.