# Ratay (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ratay/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 451 |
| US rank (2010) | 47,107 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 684,580 people |
| Change since 2000 | +11% (408 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Rataj, Ratai, Rattai, Rattaj, Rattay |

## Etymology

From Polish Rataj, Czech Rataj, Slovak Rataj, Slovene Rataj, Lower Sorbian rataj, Ukrainian ратай (rataj), and cognates in other Slavic languages. Ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *ortajь.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ratay in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |

## Similar surnames

Rada, Rath, Reed, Reid, Roth, Root, Read, Rudd, Ruth, Redd, Reddy, Reedy.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.