How common is the surname Ratliff?

30,083 people in the United States had the surname Ratliff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,263 Americans. It ranked 1,168th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Ratliff?

Theo Ratliff, American basketball player (born 1973), followed by Ellington Ratliff.

Where is the surname Ratliff most common?

Wikidata records people named Ratliff in the United States.

Is the surname Ratliff getting more or less common?

More common. 29,142 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 30,083 in 2010, up 3.2%.

The surname Ratliff

A place surname, carried by 30,083 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R341

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ratliff is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

A habitational surname.

Ratliff is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 30,083 people named Ratliff in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 10,263 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 29,142.

#1,168

rank among US surnames

30,083

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+3.2%

change since 2000 (was #1,099)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,159	Do	30,301	10,189
#1,160	Hurtado	30,286	10,194
#1,161	Kirkland	30,283	10,195
#1,162	Hendrickson	30,259	10,203
#1,163	Holley	30,231	10,213
#1,164	Cordero	30,158	10,238
#1,165	Franks	30,155	10,239

Who is named Ratliff

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

79% of people named Ratliff identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 79%
Black (not Hispanic) 16%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ratliffs

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Theo Ratliff
American basketball player (born 1973)
Ellington Ratliff
American drummer and actor, born 1993
Alfonso Ratliff
American boxer, born 1956

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Ratliff

Radloff

Ratliff has the Soundex code R341, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R341.

Questions

How common is the surname Ratliff?: 30,083 people in the United States had the surname Ratliff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,263 Americans. It ranked 1,168th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ratliff?: In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Ratliff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Ratliff?: Theo Ratliff, American basketball player (born 1973), followed by Ellington Ratliff.
Where is the surname Ratliff most common?: Wikidata records people named Ratliff in the United States.
What type of surname is Ratliff?: Ratliff is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Ratliff getting more or less common?: More common. 29,142 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 30,083 in 2010, up 3.2%.