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    The surname Rathe

    A German surname, carried by 648 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R300

    Rathe: #34,835 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Rathe #34,835, 648 people Rathe: #34,835 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Rathe #34,835, 648 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rathe is more common than 78.5% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    * As a German surname, variant of Rath. * As a southern German surname, from a pet form of the name Konrad. * As a French surname, variant of Ratte.

    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 648 people named Rathe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 476,459 Americans. That is down 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 664.

    #34,835
    rank among US surnames
    648
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -2.4%
    change since 2000 (was #32,609)

    Who is named Rathe

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

    96% of people named Rathe identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as two or more races and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Rathes

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jacob Rathe
      American road cyclist, born 1991

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rathe

    Rathe 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 Rathe come from?
    * As a German surname, variant of Rath. * As a southern German surname, from a pet form of the name Konrad. * As a French surname, variant of Ratte.
    How common is the surname Rathe?
    648 people in the United States had the surname Rathe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 476,459 Americans. It ranked 34,835th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rathe?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Rathe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Rathe?
    Jacob Rathe, American road cyclist.
    Where is the surname Rathe most common?
    Wikidata records people named Rathe in the United States.
    Is the surname Rathe getting more or less common?
    Less common. 664 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 648 in 2010, down 2.4%.