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    The surname Ratchford

    A surname, carried by 2,083 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R321

    Ratchford: #14,358 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ratchford #14,358, 2,083 people Ratchford: #14,358 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ratchford #14,358, 2,083 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ratchford is more common than 91.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,083 people named Ratchford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 148,222 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,034.

    #14,358
    rank among US surnames
    2,083
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.4%
    change since 2000 (was #13,675)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,349Moir2,085148,079
    #14,356Maida2,084148,150
    #14,358Spatz2,083148,222
    #14,363Heinrichs2,082148,293

    Who is named Ratchford

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

    69% of people named Ratchford identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 69%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 26%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ratchford

    Ratchford has the Soundex code R321, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R321.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Ratchford?
    2,083 people in the United States had the surname Ratchford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 148,222 Americans. It ranked 14,358th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ratchford?
    In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Ratchford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Ratchford getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,034 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,083 in 2010, up 2.4%.