How common is the surname Rankins?

3,809 people in the United States had the surname Rankins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,057 Americans. It ranked 8,634th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Rankins getting more or less common?

More common. 3,450 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,809 in 2010, up 10%.

The surname Rankins

A surname, carried by 3,809 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R525

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rankins is more common than 94.7% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,809 people named Rankins in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 81,057 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,450.

#8,634

rank among US surnames

3,809

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+10.4%

change since 2000 (was #8,762)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,626	Towner	3,813	80,972
#8,629	Zalewski	3,812	80,993
#8,631	Krishnan	3,810	81,036
#8,634	Rankins	3,809	81,057
#8,635	Waites	3,808	81,078
#8,639	McSweeney	3,807	81,099
#8,641	Zacharias	3,805	81,142

Who is named Rankins

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

69% of people named Rankins identified as Black (not Hispanic), 25% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 69%
White (not Hispanic) 25%
Two or more races 3.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rankins

Rankins has the Soundex code R525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R525.

Questions

How common is the surname Rankins?: 3,809 people in the United States had the surname Rankins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,057 Americans. It ranked 8,634th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rankins?: In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Rankins identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 25% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Rankins getting more or less common?: More common. 3,450 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,809 in 2010, up 10%.