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    The surname Rak

    A surname, carried by 1,332 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R200

    Rak: #20,065 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rak #20,065, 1,332 people Rak: #20,065 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rak #20,065, 1,332 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rak is more common than 87.6% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,332 people named Rak in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 231,791 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,285.

    #20,065
    rank among US surnames
    1,332
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.7%
    change since 2000 (was #19,455)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,057Verna1,333231,617
    #20,065Khatib1,332231,791

    Who is named Rak

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

    96% of people named Rak identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rak

    Rak has the Soundex code R200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Rak?
    1,332 people in the United States had the surname Rak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 231,791 Americans. It ranked 20,065th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rak?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Rak identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Rak getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,285 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,332 in 2010, up 3.7%.