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    The surname Rakestraw

    A surname, carried by 2,781 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R223

    Rakestraw: #11,343 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rakestraw #11,343, 2,781 people Rakestraw: #11,343 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rakestraw #11,343, 2,781 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rakestraw is more common than 93% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,781 people named Rakestraw in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 111,020 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,750.

    #11,343
    rank among US surnames
    2,781
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.1%
    change since 2000 (was #10,674)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #11,335Dedios2,784110,900
    #11,339Platz2,783110,940
    #11,341Greenstein2,782110,980
    #11,343Asberry2,781111,020
    #11,348Aubuchon2,780111,060

    Who is named Rakestraw

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

    81% of people named Rakestraw identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 81%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Rakestraw?
    2,781 people in the United States had the surname Rakestraw in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,020 Americans. It ranked 11,343rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rakestraw?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Rakestraw identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Rakestraw getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,750 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,781 in 2010, up 1.1%.