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    The surname Rast

    A surname, carried by 1,755 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R230

    Rast: #16,395 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rast #16,395, 1,755 people Rast: #16,395 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rast #16,395, 1,755 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rast is more common than 89.9% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,755 people named Rast in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 175,923 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,569.

    #16,395
    rank among US surnames
    1,755
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.9%
    change since 2000 (was #16,761)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,390Hoeppner1,756175,823
    #16,395Bebout1,755175,923

    Who is named Rast

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

    93% of people named Rast identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rast

    Rast has the Soundex code R230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R230.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Rast?
    1,755 people in the United States had the surname Rast in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 175,923 Americans. It ranked 16,395th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rast?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Rast identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Rast getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,569 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,755 in 2010, up 12%.