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    The surname Rahe

    A surname, carried by 1,587 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R000

    Rahe: #17,682 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rahe #17,682, 1,587 people Rahe: #17,682 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rahe #17,682, 1,587 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rahe is more common than 89.1% of them.

    Origin

    From the German surname, variant of Rauh, Rau.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,587 people named Rahe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 194,547 Americans. That is up 7.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,481.

    #17,682
    rank among US surnames
    1,587
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.2%
    change since 2000 (was #17,530)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,673Siqueiros1,588194,424
    #17,682Najjar1,587194,547
    #17,691Pangburn1,586194,669

    Who is named Rahe

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

    93% of people named Rahe identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rahe

    Rahe has the Soundex code R000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R000.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Rahe come from?
    From the German surname, variant of Rauh, Rau.
    How common is the surname Rahe?
    1,587 people in the United States had the surname Rahe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 194,547 Americans. It ranked 17,682nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rahe?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Rahe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Rahe getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,481 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,587 in 2010, up 7.2%.