# Ratner (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ratner/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,266 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,440 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 136,251 people |
| Change since 2000 | +16% (1,952 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

A Yiddish occupational surname from rat, council.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ratner in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ratner in the United States.

## People named Ratner

- Brett Ratner, American film director and producer (born 1969)
- Sarah Ratner, American biochemist

## Similar surnames

Ridenour, Ritenour, Ridenhour, Redner.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.