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    The surname Rather

    A surname, carried by 1,917 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R360

    Rather: #15,309 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rather #15,309, 1,917 people Rather: #15,309 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rather #15,309, 1,917 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rather is more common than 90.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,917 people named Rather in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 161,057 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,705.

    #15,309
    rank among US surnames
    1,917
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.4%
    change since 2000 (was #15,725)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,303Canto1,918160,973
    #15,309Kinner1,917161,057
    #15,318Quisenberry1,916161,141

    Who is named Rather

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

    72% of people named Rather identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 72%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 18%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 4.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Rathers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Dan Rather
      American broadcast journalist (born 1931)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rather

    Rather has the Soundex code R360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R360.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Rather?
    1,917 people in the United States had the surname Rather in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 161,057 Americans. It ranked 15,309th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rather?
    In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Rather identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Rather?
    Dan Rather, American broadcast journalist (born 1931).
    Where is the surname Rather most common?
    Wikidata records people named Rather in the United States.
    Is the surname Rather getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,705 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,917 in 2010, up 12%.