How common is the surname Rahn?

5,668 people in the United States had the surname Rahn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,472 Americans. It ranked 6,054th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rahn?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Rahn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Rahn getting more or less common?

Less common. 5,952 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,668 in 2010, down 4.8%.

The surname Rahn

A surname, carried by 5,668 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rahn is more common than 96.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,668 people named Rahn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 54,472 Americans. That is down 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,952.

#6,054

rank among US surnames

5,668

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

-4.8%

change since 2000 (was #5,386)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,045	Bivins	5,681	54,347
#6,046	Salvatore	5,680	54,357
#6,047	Chesser	5,675	54,405
#6,049	Helmer	5,674	54,414
#6,050	Carrico	5,673	54,424
#6,051	Phifer	5,671	54,443
#6,052	Fogg	5,669	54,462

Who is named Rahn

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

95% of people named Rahn identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rahn

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

Questions

How common is the surname Rahn?: 5,668 people in the United States had the surname Rahn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,472 Americans. It ranked 6,054th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rahn?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Rahn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Rahn getting more or less common?: Less common. 5,952 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,668 in 2010, down 4.8%.