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    The surname Rawlins

    A surname, carried by 6,566 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R452

    Rawlins: #5,305 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rawlins #5,305, 6,566 people Rawlins: #5,305 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rawlins #5,305, 6,566 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rawlins is more common than 96.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,566 people named Rawlins in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 47,022 Americans. That is up 6.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,173.

    #5,305
    rank among US surnames
    6,566
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.4%
    change since 2000 (was #5,199)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,302Lowell6,56947,000
    #5,303Copley6,56847,008
    #5,304Hazelwood6,56747,015
    #5,305Rawlins6,56647,022

    Who is named Rawlins

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

    74% of people named Rawlins identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 74%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 17%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
    • Two or more races 2.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Rawlinss

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Joshua Rawlins
      Australian association football player, born 2004

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rawlins

    Rawlins 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 Rawlins?
    6,566 people in the United States had the surname Rawlins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,022 Americans. It ranked 5,305th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rawlins?
    In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Rawlins identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Rawlins?
    Joshua Rawlins, Australian association football player.
    Where is the surname Rawlins most common?
    Wikidata records people named Rawlins in Australia.
    Is the surname Rawlins getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,173 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,566 in 2010, up 6.4%.