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    The surname Ratay

    A surname, carried by 451 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R300

    Ratay: #47,107 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Ratay #47,107, 451 people Ratay: #47,107 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Ratay #47,107, 451 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ratay is more common than 71% of them.

    Origin

    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.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 451 people named Ratay in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 684,580 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 408.

    #47,107
    rank among US surnames
    451
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.5%
    change since 2000 (was #48,567)

    Who is named Ratay

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

    96% of people named Ratay identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Rataj
    • Ratai
    • Rattai
    • Rattaj
    • Rattay

    Surnames that sound like Ratay

    Ratay has the Soundex code R300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R300.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ratay come from?
    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.
    How common is the surname Ratay?
    451 people in the United States had the surname Ratay in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 684,580 Americans. It ranked 47,107th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ratay?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Ratay identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Ratay getting more or less common?
    More common. 408 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 451 in 2010, up 11%.
    What are other spellings of Ratay?
    Rataj, Ratai, Rattai, Rattaj and Rattay.