# Ragland (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ragland/  
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) | 12,816 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,815 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 24,091 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.4% (12,159 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ragland 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) | 49% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 45% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 3.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ragland in the United States and Liberia.

## People named Ragland

- Jack Ragland, American basketball player (1913–1996)
- Joe Ragland, American basketball player
- Doria Ragland, American social worker and mother of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex
- Rags Ragland, American actor (1905-1946)

## Similar surnames

Raglin, Riggleman.

## 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.