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    The surname Rahm

    A German surname, carried by 1,624 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R500

    Rahm: #17,385 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rahm #17,385, 1,624 people Rahm: #17,385 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rahm #17,385, 1,624 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rahm is more common than 89.3% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Variant of Rehm.

    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 1,624 people named Rahm in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 190,114 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,586.

    #17,385
    rank among US surnames
    1,624
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.4%
    change since 2000 (was #16,635)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,379Tarnowski1,625189,997
    #17,385Brasel1,624190,114
    #17,392Slavens1,623190,231

    Who is named Rahm

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

    96% of people named Rahm identified as white (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Rahms

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Kevin Rahm
      American actor, born 1971

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rahm

    Rahm has the Soundex code R500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R500.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Rahm come from?
    Variant of Rehm.
    How common is the surname Rahm?
    1,624 people in the United States had the surname Rahm in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 190,114 Americans. It ranked 17,385th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rahm?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Rahm identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Rahm?
    Kevin Rahm, American actor.
    Where is the surname Rahm most common?
    Wikidata records people named Rahm in the United States.
    Is the surname Rahm getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,586 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,624 in 2010, up 2.4%.