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    The surname Rader

    A surname, carried by 16,320 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R360

    Rader: #2,233 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Rader #2,233, 16,320 people Rader: #2,233 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rader #2,233, 16,320 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rader is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 16,320 people named Rader in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,918 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,212.

    #2,233
    rank among US surnames
    16,320
    people in 2010
    5.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.7%
    change since 2000 (was #2,047)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,224Barney16,40418,821
    #2,225Ontiveros16,38218,847
    #2,226Ring16,38118,848
    #2,227Rider16,35218,881
    #2,228Joiner16,34918,885
    #2,229Goldsmith16,34618,888
    #2,230Baum16,33418,902

    Who is named Rader

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

    93% of people named Rader identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Raders

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Dennis Rader
      American serial killer (born 1945)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rader

    Rader has the Soundex code R360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R360.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Rader?
    16,320 people in the United States had the surname Rader in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,918 Americans. It ranked 2,233rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rader?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Rader identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Rader?
    Dennis Rader, American serial killer (born 1945).
    Where is the surname Rader most common?
    Wikidata records people named Rader in the United States.
    Is the surname Rader getting more or less common?
    More common. 16,212 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,320 in 2010, up 0.7%.