How common is the surname Rayl?

1,853 people in the United States had the surname Rayl in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 166,619 Americans. It ranked 15,734th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Rayl getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,897 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,853 in 2010, down 2.3%.

The surname Rayl

A surname, carried by 1,853 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rayl is more common than 90.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,853 people named Rayl in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 166,619 Americans. That is down 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,897.

#15,734

rank among US surnames

1,853

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-2.3%

change since 2000 (was #14,438)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,727	Youn	1,854	166,529
#15,734	Loew	1,853	166,619
#15,743	Blossom	1,852	166,709

Who is named Rayl

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

95% of people named Rayl identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as two or more races and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Two or more races 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rayl

Rayl has the Soundex code R400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R400.

Questions

How common is the surname Rayl?: 1,853 people in the United States had the surname Rayl in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 166,619 Americans. It ranked 15,734th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rayl?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Rayl identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as two or more races.
Is the surname Rayl getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,897 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,853 in 2010, down 2.3%.