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    The surname Raffel

    A German surname, carried by 610 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R140

    Raffel: #36,630 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Raffel #36,630, 610 people Raffel: #36,630 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Raffel #36,630, 610 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Raffel is more common than 77.4% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    * As a German surname, from the archaic Middle High German raffeln (“to be noisy”). Also compare Raff. * As an English surname, variant of Rayfield. * As a Scottish surname, variant of Revels.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 610 people named Raffel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 506,140 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 584.

    #36,630
    rank among US surnames
    610
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.5%
    change since 2000 (was #36,232)

    Who is named Raffel

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

    94% of people named Raffel identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Raffel

    Raffel has the Soundex code R140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R140.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Raffel come from?
    * As a German surname, from the archaic Middle High German raffeln (“to be noisy”). Also compare Raff. * As an English surname, variant of Rayfield. * As a Scottish surname, variant of Revels.
    How common is the surname Raffel?
    610 people in the United States had the surname Raffel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 506,140 Americans. It ranked 36,630th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Raffel?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Raffel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Raffel getting more or less common?
    More common. 584 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 610 in 2010, up 4.5%.