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The surname Rainville

A surname, carried by 2,236 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R514

Rainville: #13,564 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rainville #13,564, 2,236 people Rainville: #13,564 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rainville #13,564, 2,236 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rainville is more common than 91.6% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,236 people named Rainville in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 138,079 Americans. That is down 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,354.

#13,564
rank among US surnames
2,236
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
-5%
change since 2000 (was #12,147)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#13,564Trang2,236138,079
#13,569Umberger2,235138,141
#13,572Boler2,234138,203

Who is named Rainville

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

94% of people named Rainville identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
  • Two or more races 1.5%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rainville

Rainville has the Soundex code R514, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R514.

Questions

How common is the surname Rainville?
2,236 people in the United States had the surname Rainville in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,079 Americans. It ranked 13,564th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rainville?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Rainville identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Rainville getting more or less common?
Less common. 2,354 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,236 in 2010, down 5.0%.