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    The surname Raulston

    A surname, carried by 1,294 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R423

    Raulston: #20,502 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Raulston #20,502, 1,294 people Raulston: #20,502 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Raulston #20,502, 1,294 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Raulston is more common than 87.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,294 people named Raulston in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 238,598 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,133.

    #20,502
    rank among US surnames
    1,294
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +14.2%
    change since 2000 (was #21,493)

    Who is named Raulston

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

    89% of people named Raulston identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; 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 Raulston

    Raulston has the Soundex code R423, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R423.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Raulston?
    1,294 people in the United States had the surname Raulston in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 238,598 Americans. It ranked 20,502nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Raulston?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Raulston identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Raulston getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,133 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,294 in 2010, up 14%.