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    The surname Rayo

    A Spanish surname, carried by 2,541 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R000

    Rayo: #12,242 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rayo #12,242, 2,541 people Rayo: #12,242 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rayo #12,242, 2,541 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rayo is more common than 92.5% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    A surname from Spanish.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,541 people named Rayo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 121,506 Americans. That is up 43% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,777.

    #12,242
    rank among US surnames
    2,541
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +43%
    change since 2000 (was #15,207)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,236Maly2,543121,410
    #12,238Doby2,542121,458
    #12,242Satterlee2,541121,506
    #12,247Bondurant2,540121,553
    #12,250Koeller2,539121,601

    Who is named Rayo

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

    89% of people named Rayo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 89%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rayo

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

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Rayo come from?
    Rayo is Spanish in origin.
    How common is the surname Rayo?
    2,541 people in the United States had the surname Rayo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 121,506 Americans. It ranked 12,242nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rayo?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Rayo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Rayo getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,777 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,541 in 2010, up 43%.