How common is the surname Raby?

4,559 people in the United States had the surname Raby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,722 Americans. It ranked 7,319th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Raby getting more or less common?

More common. 4,352 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,559 in 2010, up 4.8%.

The surname Raby

A surname, carried by 4,559 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Raby is more common than 95.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,559 people named Raby in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 67,722 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,352.

#7,319

rank among US surnames

4,559

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+4.8%

change since 2000 (was #7,087)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,314	Struble	4,562	67,678
#7,315	Cofer	4,561	67,693
#7,317	Monte	4,560	67,707
#7,319	Raby	4,559	67,722
#7,320	Blades	4,558	67,737
#7,322	Cyrus	4,557	67,752

Who is named Raby

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

82% of people named Raby identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 13%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Raby

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

Questions

How common is the surname Raby?: 4,559 people in the United States had the surname Raby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,722 Americans. It ranked 7,319th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Raby?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Raby identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Raby getting more or less common?: More common. 4,352 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,559 in 2010, up 4.8%.