How common is the surname Rathbone?

2,197 people in the United States had the surname Rathbone in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 140,531 Americans. It ranked 13,771st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rathbone?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Rathbone identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Rathbone?

Jackson Rathbone, American actor and musician.

Where is the surname Rathbone most common?

Wikidata records people named Rathbone in the United States.

Is the surname Rathbone getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,251 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,197 in 2010, down 2.4%.

The surname Rathbone

A surname, carried by 2,197 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R315

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rathbone is more common than 91.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,197 people named Rathbone in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 140,531 Americans. That is down 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,251.

#13,771

rank among US surnames

2,197

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-2.4%

change since 2000 (was #12,616)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,764	Bizzell	2,198	140,467
#13,771	Badgley	2,197	140,531
#13,775	Balke	2,196	140,595

Who is named Rathbone

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

94% of people named Rathbone identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rathbones

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jackson Rathbone
American actor and musician, born 1984

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Rathbun

Surnames that sound like Rathbone

Rathbun

Rathbone has the Soundex code R315, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R315.

Questions

How common is the surname Rathbone?: 2,197 people in the United States had the surname Rathbone in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 140,531 Americans. It ranked 13,771st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rathbone?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Rathbone identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Rathbone?: Jackson Rathbone, American actor and musician.
Where is the surname Rathbone most common?: Wikidata records people named Rathbone in the United States.
Is the surname Rathbone getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,251 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,197 in 2010, down 2.4%.
What are other spellings of Rathbone?: Rathbun.