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    The surname Ragland

    A surname, carried by 12,816 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R245

    Ragland: #2,815 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Ragland #2,815, 12,816 people Ragland: #2,815 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ragland #2,815, 12,816 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ragland is more common than 98.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 12,816 people named Ragland in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,091 Americans. That is up 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,159.

    #2,815
    rank among US surnames
    12,816
    people in 2010
    4.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.4%
    change since 2000 (was #2,719)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,806Shen12,83924,047
    #2,807Thrasher12,83624,053
    #2,808Danielson12,83324,059
    #2,809Ebert12,83024,064
    #2,810Tubbs12,82824,068
    #2,811Gilchrist12,82524,074
    #2,812Cardoza12,82424,076

    Who is named Ragland

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

    49% of people named Ragland identified as white (not Hispanic), 45% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 49%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 45%
    • Two or more races 3.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Raglands

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jack Ragland
      American basketball player (1913–1996)
    • Joe Ragland
      American basketball player, born 1989
    • Doria Ragland
      American social worker and mother of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, born 1956
    • Rags Ragland
      American actor (1905-1946)

    Notable Raglands come mostly from the United States (3) and Liberia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ragland

    Ragland has the Soundex code R245, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R245.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Ragland?
    12,816 people in the United States had the surname Ragland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,091 Americans. It ranked 2,815th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ragland?
    In the 2010 Census, 49% of people named Ragland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 45% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Ragland?
    Jack Ragland, American basketball player (1913–1996), followed by Joe Ragland.
    Where is the surname Ragland most common?
    Wikidata records people named Ragland in the United States and Liberia.
    Is the surname Ragland getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,159 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,816 in 2010, up 5.4%.