How common is the surname Rae?

5,094 people in the United States had the surname Rae in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,610 Americans. It ranked 6,646th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rae?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Rae identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Rae?

Issa Rae, American actress, writer and producer, followed by Charlotte Rae.

Where is the surname Rae most common?

Wikidata records people named Rae in the United States, Canada and Australia.

Is the surname Rae getting more or less common?

More common. 4,825 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,094 in 2010, up 5.6%.

Is Rae also a first name?

Yes. Rae is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Rae

A nickname surname, carried by 5,094 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ɹeɪ/ 1 syllable Soundex R000 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rae is more common than 95.9% of them.

Origin

A Scottish surname transferred from the nickname, variant of Roe.

Rae is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,094 people named Rae in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 60,610 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,825.

#6,646

rank among US surnames

5,094

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+5.6%

change since 2000 (was #6,490)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,640	Manion	5,099	60,550
#6,644	Piedra	5,098	60,562
#6,645	Proulx	5,096	60,586
#6,646	Rae	5,094	60,610
#6,647	Turcotte	5,092	60,633
#6,649	Hixon	5,091	60,645

Who is named Rae

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

90% of people named Rae identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.1%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Raes

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Issa Rae
American actress, writer and producer, born 1985
Charlotte Rae
American actress (1926–2018)
Bob Rae
21st Premier of Ontario, born 1948
Paul Rae
American actor, born 1968
Zoe Rae
American actress (1910-2006)
Iso Rae
Australian artist (1860–1940)
Chelsie Rae
American pornographic actress, born 1984
Ashe
American singer-songwriter, born 1993

Notable Raes come mostly from the United States (6), Canada (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Rae

Rae has the Soundex code R000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R000.

Questions

How common is the surname Rae?: 5,094 people in the United States had the surname Rae in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,610 Americans. It ranked 6,646th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rae?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Rae identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Rae?: Issa Rae, American actress, writer and producer, followed by Charlotte Rae.
Where is the surname Rae most common?: Wikidata records people named Rae in the United States, Canada and Australia.
How do you pronounce Rae?: Rae is /ɹeɪ/, one syllable.
What type of surname is Rae?: Rae is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Rae getting more or less common?: More common. 4,825 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,094 in 2010, up 5.6%.
Is Rae also a first name?: Yes. Rae is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.