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    The surname Rand

    A surname, carried by 10,397 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R530

    Rand: #3,433 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Rand #3,433, 10,397 people Rand: #3,433 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rand #3,433, 10,397 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rand is more common than 97.9% of them.

    Origin

    From Afrikaans rand, from English rand; compare English rand.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 10,397 people named Rand in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,696 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,097.

    #3,433
    rank among US surnames
    10,397
    people in 2010
    3.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3%
    change since 2000 (was #3,249)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,424Monson10,42529,616
    #3,425Vieira10,42029,630
    #3,427Griswold10,41729,639
    #3,428Gaskins10,41429,647
    #3,429McClanahan10,40729,667
    #3,430Seward10,39929,690
    #3,432Chao10,39829,693

    Who is named Rand

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

    82% of people named Rand identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 82%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Rands

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Paul Rand
      American graphic designer (1914–1996)
    • John Rand
      American actor (1871-1940)
    • Ellen Emmet Rand
      American painter (1875-1941)
    • Rose Rand
      Austrian philosopher, 1903–1980

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rand

    Rand has the Soundex code R530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R530.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Rand come from?
    From Afrikaans rand, from English rand; compare English rand.
    How common is the surname Rand?
    10,397 people in the United States had the surname Rand in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,696 Americans. It ranked 3,433rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rand?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Rand identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Rand?
    Paul Rand, American graphic designer (1914–1996), followed by John Rand.
    Where is the surname Rand most common?
    Wikidata records people named Rand in the United States.
    Is the surname Rand getting more or less common?
    More common. 10,097 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,397 in 2010, up 3.0%.