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    The surname Rathke

    A surname, carried by 1,206 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R320

    Rathke: #21,625 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rathke #21,625, 1,206 people Rathke: #21,625 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rathke #21,625, 1,206 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rathke is more common than 86.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,206 people named Rathke in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 256,008 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,186.

    #21,625
    rank among US surnames
    1,206
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.7%
    change since 2000 (was #20,727)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #21,625Rathke1,206256,008
    #21,633Nakai1,205256,220

    Who is named Rathke

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

    97% of people named Rathke identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rathke

    Rathke has the Soundex code R320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R320.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Rathke?
    1,206 people in the United States had the surname Rathke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 256,008 Americans. It ranked 21,625th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rathke?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Rathke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Rathke getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,186 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,206 in 2010, up 1.7%.