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    The surname Ratcliff

    A surname, carried by 10,497 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R324

    Ratcliff: #3,409 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Ratcliff #3,409, 10,497 people Ratcliff: #3,409 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ratcliff #3,409, 10,497 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ratcliff is more common than 97.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 10,497 people named Ratcliff in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,413 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,237.

    #3,409
    rank among US surnames
    10,497
    people in 2010
    3.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.5%
    change since 2000 (was #3,207)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,400Acker10,51929,351
    #3,401Crist10,51829,354
    #3,403Currier10,51329,368
    #3,404Broderick10,50429,393
    #3,405Waldrop10,50329,396
    #3,406Lemke10,50129,402
    #3,407Snead10,50029,404

    Who is named Ratcliff

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

    74% of people named Ratcliff identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 74%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 20%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ratcliff

    Ratcliff has the Soundex code R324, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R324.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Ratcliff?
    10,497 people in the United States had the surname Ratcliff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,413 Americans. It ranked 3,409th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ratcliff?
    In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Ratcliff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Ratcliff getting more or less common?
    More common. 10,237 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,497 in 2010, up 2.5%.