How common is the surname Rachal?

3,346 people in the United States had the surname Rachal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,273 Americans. It ranked 9,695th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Rachal getting more or less common?

More common. 3,112 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,346 in 2010, up 7.5%.

The surname Rachal

A surname, carried by 3,346 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R240

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rachal is more common than 94% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,346 people named Rachal in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 92,273 Americans. That is up 7.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,112.

#9,695

rank among US surnames

3,346

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+7.5%

change since 2000 (was #9,583)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,687	Scholten	3,350	92,163
#9,691	Paramo	3,348	92,218
#9,692	Geis	3,347	92,245
#9,695	Charleston	3,346	92,273
#9,698	Vanzant	3,345	92,301
#9,701	Vancamp	3,344	92,328

Who is named Rachal

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

59% of people named Rachal identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 59%
Black (not Hispanic) 29%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.7%
Two or more races 4.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rachal

Rachal has the Soundex code R240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R240.

Questions

How common is the surname Rachal?: 3,346 people in the United States had the surname Rachal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,273 Americans. It ranked 9,695th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rachal?: In the 2010 Census, 59% of people named Rachal identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Rachal getting more or less common?: More common. 3,112 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,346 in 2010, up 7.5%.