How common is the surname Rauch?

8,972 people in the United States had the surname Rauch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,412 Americans. It ranked 3,962nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rauch?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Rauch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Rauch?

Melissa Rauch, American actress, followed by Jon Rauch.

Where is the surname Rauch most common?

Wikidata records people named Rauch in the United States, Hungary and the Austrian Empire.

Is the surname Rauch getting more or less common?

More common. 8,617 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,972 in 2010, up 4.1%.

The surname Rauch

A German surname, carried by 8,972 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rauch is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

German origin

Possibly from German Rauch ("smoke, fume")?

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,972 people named Rauch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,412 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,617.

#3,962

rank among US surnames

8,972

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+4.1%

change since 2000 (was #3,776)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,953	Clarkson	9,004	34,290
#3,954	Mullis	9,003	34,294
#3,955	Beattie	8,993	34,332
#3,956	Sigler	8,992	34,336
#3,957	Neuman	8,982	34,374
#3,958	Sevilla	8,980	34,381
#3,959	Pollack	8,977	34,393

Who is named Rauch

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

94% of people named Rauch identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rauchs

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Melissa Rauch
American actress, born 1980
Jon Rauch
Baseball pitcher from the United States, born 1978
Jamie Rauch
American swimmer, born 1979
Levin Rauch
Ban of Croatia (1819-1890)
Pavao Rauch
Ban of Croatia (1865–1933)

Notable Rauchs come mostly from the United States (3), Hungary (1) and the Austrian Empire (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rauch

Rauch has the Soundex code R200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R200.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Rauch come from?: Possibly from German Rauch ("smoke, fume")?
How common is the surname Rauch?: 8,972 people in the United States had the surname Rauch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,412 Americans. It ranked 3,962nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rauch?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Rauch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Rauch?: Melissa Rauch, American actress, followed by Jon Rauch.
Where is the surname Rauch most common?: Wikidata records people named Rauch in the United States, Hungary and the Austrian Empire.
Is the surname Rauch getting more or less common?: More common. 8,617 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,972 in 2010, up 4.1%.