How common is the surname Rawlings?

9,652 people in the United States had the surname Rawlings in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,988 Americans. It ranked 3,684th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Rawlings?

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American novelist (1896–1953), followed by David Rawlings.

Where is the surname Rawlings most common?

Wikidata records people named Rawlings in the United States and Australia.

Is the surname Rawlings getting more or less common?

More common. 9,472 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,652 in 2010, up 1.9%.

The surname Rawlings

A surname, carried by 9,652 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R452

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rawlings is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,652 people named Rawlings in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 31,988 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,472.

#3,684

rank among US surnames

9,652

people in 2010

3.3

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #3,451)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,679	Willson	9,659	31,965
#3,681	Gall	9,658	31,968
#3,682	Saleh	9,656	31,974
#3,684	Rawlings	9,652	31,988
#3,686	Wynne	9,637	32,038

Who is named Rawlings

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

77% of people named Rawlings identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 77%
Black (not Hispanic) 19%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rawlingss

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
American novelist (1896–1953)
David Rawlings
American musician, born 1969
Bec Rodriguez
Australian mixed martial artist, born 1989

Notable Rawlingss come mostly from the United States (2) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rawlings

Rawlings has the Soundex code R452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R452.

Questions

How common is the surname Rawlings?: 9,652 people in the United States had the surname Rawlings in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,988 Americans. It ranked 3,684th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rawlings?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Rawlings identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Rawlings?: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American novelist (1896–1953), followed by David Rawlings.
Where is the surname Rawlings most common?: Wikidata records people named Rawlings in the United States and Australia.
Is the surname Rawlings getting more or less common?: More common. 9,472 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,652 in 2010, up 1.9%.