The surname Rakes
A surname, carried by 3,318 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex R220
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 3,318 people named Rakes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 93,052 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,306.
#9,765
rank among US surnames
3,318
people in 2010
1.1
per 100,000 Americans
+0.4%
change since 2000 (was #9,085)
Who is named Rakes
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Rakes identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 94%
- Black (not Hispanic) 3.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
- Two or more races 1.1%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Rakes
Rakes has the Soundex code R220, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R220.
Questions
- How common is the surname Rakes?
- 3,318 people in the United States had the surname Rakes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 93,052 Americans. It ranked 9,765th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Rakes?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Rakes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Rakes getting more or less common?
- More common. 3,306 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,318 in 2010, up 0.4%.