How common is the surname Ras?

654 people in the United States had the surname Ras in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 472,088 Americans. It ranked 34,574th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ras?

In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Ras identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Ras getting more or less common?

More common. 577 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 654 in 2010, up 13%.

Is Ras also a first name?

Yes. Ras is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Ras

A Czech place surname, carried by 654 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ras is more common than 78.7% of them.

Origin

Czech origin

Various origins: * Borrowed from Czech Raš and Polish Raś, a pet form of various Slavic personal names * Borrowed from Spanish Ras, from ras (“level”); perhaps a topographic surname for someone who lived on flat land * Borrowed from French and Catalan Ras, from ras (“shorn, peeled, bare”), hence a topographic surname for someone who lived on a barren or razed area * Borrowed from Dutch Ras, nickname for a nimble person, from ras (“quick, swift”)

Ras is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 96 Czech surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 654 people named Ras in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 472,088 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 577.

#34,574

rank among US surnames

654

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

+13.3%

change since 2000 (was #36,572)

Who is named Ras

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

76% of people named Ras identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 10% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 76%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 10%
Asian and Pacific Islander 10%
Two or more races 2.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ras

Ras has the Soundex code R200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R200.

Other Czech surnames

All 96 Czech surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Ras come from?: Various origins: * Borrowed from Czech Raš and Polish Raś, a pet form of various Slavic personal names * Borrowed from Spanish Ras, from ras (“level”); perhaps a topographic surname for someone who lived on flat land * Borrowed from French and Catalan Ras, from ras (“shorn, peeled, bare”), hence a…
How common is the surname Ras?: 654 people in the United States had the surname Ras in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 472,088 Americans. It ranked 34,574th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ras?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Ras identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Ras?: Ras is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Ras getting more or less common?: More common. 577 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 654 in 2010, up 13%.
Is Ras also a first name?: Yes. Ras is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.