How common is the surname Raya?

7,198 people in the United States had the surname Raya in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,893 Americans. It ranked 4,894th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Raya getting more or less common?

More common. 5,631 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,198 in 2010, up 28%.

The surname Raya

A surname, carried by 7,198 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Raya is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,198 people named Raya in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 42,893 Americans. That is up 28% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,631.

#4,894

rank among US surnames

7,198

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

+27.8%

change since 2000 (was #5,653)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,885	Verdugo	7,210	42,822
#4,887	Neel	7,209	42,828
#4,888	Urrutia	7,208	42,834
#4,889	Amezcua	7,206	42,846
#4,890	Rutter	7,205	42,852
#4,891	Lavigne	7,204	42,858
#4,892	Schlosser	7,203	42,863

Who is named Raya

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

90% of people named Raya identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 90%
White (not Hispanic) 6.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Two or more races 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Raya

Raya has the Soundex code R000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R000.

Questions

How common is the surname Raya?: 7,198 people in the United States had the surname Raya in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,893 Americans. It ranked 4,894th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Raya?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Raya identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.8% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Raya getting more or less common?: More common. 5,631 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,198 in 2010, up 28%.