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    The surname Rath

    A German surname, carried by 6,747 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R300

    Rath: #5,178 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rath #5,178, 6,747 people Rath: #5,178 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rath #5,178, 6,747 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rath is more common than 96.8% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Rath.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,747 people named Rath in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 45,760 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,135.

    #5,178
    rank among US surnames
    6,747
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10%
    change since 2000 (was #5,227)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,169Vaccaro6,76645,632
    #5,170Greenwell6,76545,639
    #5,171Sills6,76145,666
    #5,172Forney6,75545,706
    #5,173Hoag6,75245,727
    #5,175Dreyer6,75145,733
    #5,176Woolley6,74945,747

    Who is named Rath

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

    86% of people named Rath identified as white (not Hispanic), 10.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 10.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Raths

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Lukas Rath
      Association footballer, born 1992

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rath

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

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Rath come from?
    Borrowed from German Rath.
    How common is the surname Rath?
    6,747 people in the United States had the surname Rath in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,760 Americans. It ranked 5,178th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rath?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Rath identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Rath?
    Lukas Rath, Association footballer.
    Where is the surname Rath most common?
    Wikidata records people named Rath in Austria.
    Is the surname Rath getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,135 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,747 in 2010, up 10%.