How common is the surname Rauscher?

2,310 people in the United States had the surname Rauscher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 133,656 Americans. It ranked 13,226th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rauscher?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Rauscher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Rauscher getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,361 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,310 in 2010, down 2.2%.

The surname Rauscher

A surname, carried by 2,310 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rauscher is more common than 91.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,310 people named Rauscher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 133,656 Americans. That is down 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,361.

#13,226

rank among US surnames

2,310

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

-2.2%

change since 2000 (was #12,112)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,219	Devitt	2,312	133,540
#13,221	Vanvalkenburg	2,311	133,598
#13,226	Mance	2,310	133,656
#13,230	Prindle	2,309	133,714
#13,233	Ester	2,308	133,772

Who is named Rauscher

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

96% of people named Rauscher identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Two or more races 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rauscher

Rauscher has the Soundex code R260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R260.

Questions

How common is the surname Rauscher?: 2,310 people in the United States had the surname Rauscher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 133,656 Americans. It ranked 13,226th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rauscher?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Rauscher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Rauscher getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,361 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,310 in 2010, down 2.2%.