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    The surname Ragin

    A surname, carried by 2,551 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R250

    Ragin: #12,208 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ragin #12,208, 2,551 people Ragin: #12,208 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ragin #12,208, 2,551 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ragin is more common than 92.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,551 people named Ragin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 121,029 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,270.

    #12,208
    rank among US surnames
    2,551
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.4%
    change since 2000 (was #12,520)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,199Baney2,553120,934
    #12,204Stimson2,552120,982
    #12,208Getchell2,551121,029
    #12,212Wicklund2,550121,077
    #12,215Hemmer2,549121,124

    Who is named Ragin

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

    80% of people named Ragin identified as Black (not Hispanic), 14% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 80%
    • White (not Hispanic) 14%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Ragins

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Wah-Wah Watson
      American guitarist, 1950–2018

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ragin

    Ragin has the Soundex code R250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R250.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Ragin?
    2,551 people in the United States had the surname Ragin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 121,029 Americans. It ranked 12,208th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ragin?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Ragin identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 14% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Ragin?
    Wah-Wah Watson, American guitarist.
    Where is the surname Ragin most common?
    Wikidata records people named Ragin in the United States.
    Is the surname Ragin getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,270 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,551 in 2010, up 12%.