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The surname Rayos

A surname, carried by 1,459 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R200

Rayos: #18,786 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rayos #18,786, 1,459 people Rayos: #18,786 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rayos #18,786, 1,459 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rayos is more common than 88.4% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,459 people named Rayos in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 211,614 Americans. That is up 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,176.

#18,786
rank among US surnames
1,459
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+24.1%
change since 2000 (was #20,871)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#18,778Quinney1,460211,470
#18,786Weisenberger1,459211,614
#18,793Cort1,458211,760

Who is named Rayos

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

79% of people named Rayos identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 13% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 5.8% as white (not Hispanic).

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 79%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 13%
  • White (not Hispanic) 5.8%
  • Two or more races 1.8%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rayos

Rayos has the Soundex code R200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R200.

Questions

How common is the surname Rayos?
1,459 people in the United States had the surname Rayos in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 211,614 Americans. It ranked 18,786th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rayos?
In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Rayos identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 13% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Rayos getting more or less common?
More common. 1,176 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,459 in 2010, up 24%.