How common is the surname Rank?

3,339 people in the United States had the surname Rank in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,466 Americans. It ranked 9,716th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rank?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Rank identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Rank?

Otto Rank, Austrian psychoanalyst (1884–1939).

Where is the surname Rank most common?

Wikidata records people named Rank in Austria.

Is the surname Rank getting more or less common?

More common. 3,188 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,339 in 2010, up 4.7%.

The surname Rank

A surname, carried by 3,339 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rank is more common than 94% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,339 people named Rank in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 92,466 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,188.

#9,716

rank among US surnames

3,339

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+4.7%

change since 2000 (was #9,374)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,709	Mahmoud	3,342	92,383
#9,710	Gigliotti	3,341	92,411
#9,712	Hallam	3,340	92,439
#9,716	Haskin	3,339	92,466
#9,720	Mandell	3,337	92,522
#9,722	Mower	3,336	92,550

Who is named Rank

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

94% of people named Rank identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ranks

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Otto Rank
Austrian psychoanalyst (1884–1939)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Rank

Rank has the Soundex code R520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R520.

Questions

How common is the surname Rank?: 3,339 people in the United States had the surname Rank in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,466 Americans. It ranked 9,716th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rank?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Rank identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Rank?: Otto Rank, Austrian psychoanalyst (1884–1939).
Where is the surname Rank most common?: Wikidata records people named Rank in Austria.
Is the surname Rank getting more or less common?: More common. 3,188 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,339 in 2010, up 4.7%.