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    The surname Rattray

    A Scottish Gaelic place surname, carried by 1,282 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ɹæ(t).tɹeɪ/ 2 syllables Soundex R360

    Rattray: #20,648 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rattray #20,648, 1,282 people Rattray: #20,648 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rattray #20,648, 1,282 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rattray is more common than 87.3% of them.

    Origin

    Scottish Gaelic origin

    From Pictish, probably equivalent to Welsh rhawdd (“fortress”) + tref (“village”).

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

    One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,282 people named Rattray in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 240,831 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,148.

    #20,648
    rank among US surnames
    1,282
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.7%
    change since 2000 (was #21,273)

    Who is named Rattray

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

    58% of people named Rattray identified as white (not Hispanic), 34% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 58%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 34%
    • Two or more races 3.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rattray

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

    Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

    All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Rattray come from?
    From Pictish, probably equivalent to Welsh rhawdd (“fortress”) + tref (“village”).
    How common is the surname Rattray?
    1,282 people in the United States had the surname Rattray in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 240,831 Americans. It ranked 20,648th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rattray?
    In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Rattray identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Black (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Rattray?
    Rattray is /ɹæ(t).tɹeɪ/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Rattray?
    Rattray is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Rattray getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,148 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,282 in 2010, up 12%.