How common is the surname Raffa?

1,174 people in the United States had the surname Raffa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 262,986 Americans. It ranked 22,069th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Raffa?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Raffa identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Raffa getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,215 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,174 in 2010, down 3.4%.

The surname Raffa

An Italian surname, carried by 1,174 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). Raffa is more common than 86.4% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Raffa.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,174 people named Raffa in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 262,986 Americans. That is down 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,215.

#22,069

rank among US surnames

1,174

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-3.4%

change since 2000 (was #20,343)

Who is named Raffa

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

95% of people named Raffa identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Two or more races 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Raffa

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

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Raffa come from?: Borrowed from Italian Raffa.
How common is the surname Raffa?: 1,174 people in the United States had the surname Raffa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 262,986 Americans. It ranked 22,069th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Raffa?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Raffa identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Raffa getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,215 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,174 in 2010, down 3.4%.