How common is the surname Rausch?

8,398 people in the United States had the surname Rausch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,764 Americans. It ranked 4,224th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rausch?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Rausch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Rausch?

Kathryn Joosten, American actress (1939–2012).

Where is the surname Rausch most common?

Wikidata records people named Rausch in the United States.

Is the surname Rausch getting more or less common?

More common. 8,014 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,398 in 2010, up 4.8%.

The surname Rausch

A German surname, carried by 8,398 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). Rausch is more common than 97.4% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Rausch.

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 8,398 people named Rausch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,764 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,014.

#4,224

rank among US surnames

8,398

people in 2010

2.9

per 100,000 Americans

+4.8%

change since 2000 (was #4,092)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,218	Delrosario	8,402	36,747
#4,220	Palacio	8,400	36,755
#4,222	Leighton	8,399	36,760
#4,224	Rausch	8,398	36,764
#4,225	Dion	8,395	36,777

Who is named Rausch

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

96% of people named Rausch identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rauschs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kathryn Joosten
American actress (1939–2012)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rausch

Rausch 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 Rausch come from?: Borrowed from German Rausch.
How common is the surname Rausch?: 8,398 people in the United States had the surname Rausch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,764 Americans. It ranked 4,224th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rausch?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Rausch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Rausch?: Kathryn Joosten, American actress (1939–2012).
Where is the surname Rausch most common?: Wikidata records people named Rausch in the United States.
Is the surname Rausch getting more or less common?: More common. 8,014 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,398 in 2010, up 4.8%.