The surname Ravenell
A surname, carried by 1,520 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex R154
Origin
Variant of either Ravenel or Ravenhill.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,520 people named Ravenell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 203,122 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,301.
#18,272
rank among US surnames
1,520
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+16.8%
change since 2000 (was #19,272)
Who is named Ravenell
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Ravenell identified as Black (not Hispanic), 2.6% as two or more races and 1.7% as white (not Hispanic).
- Black (not Hispanic) 94%
- Two or more races 2.6%
- White (not Hispanic) 1.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Questions
- Where does the surname Ravenell come from?
- Variant of either Ravenel or Ravenhill.
- How common is the surname Ravenell?
- 1,520 people in the United States had the surname Ravenell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 203,122 Americans. It ranked 18,272nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Ravenell?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Ravenell identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Ravenell getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,301 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,520 in 2010, up 17%.