# Raff (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/raff/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,538 |
| US rank (2010) | 18,106 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 200,745 people |
| Change since 2000 | -4.2% (1,606 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Raff in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Raff in the United States.

## People named Raff

- Rudolf Raff, American biologist (1941-2019)

## Similar surnames

Ruff, Roff, Raffa, Reff, Rafi, Rubio, Rapp, Robb, Rupp, Roby, Ruby, Rife.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.