How common is the surname Re?

2,214 people in the United States had the surname Re in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 139,451 Americans. It ranked 13,674th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Re?

In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Re identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Re getting more or less common?

More common. 1,886 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,214 in 2010, up 17%.

The surname Re

A surname, carried by 2,214 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Re is more common than 91.6% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,214 people named Re in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 139,451 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,886.

#13,674

rank among US surnames

2,214

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+17.4%

change since 2000 (was #14,495)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,670	Teegarden	2,215	139,389
#13,674	Domino	2,214	139,451
#13,682	Kirchoff	2,213	139,514

Who is named Re

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

83% of people named Re identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.2%
Two or more races 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Re

Re 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 Re?: 2,214 people in the United States had the surname Re in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 139,451 Americans. It ranked 13,674th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Re?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Re identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Re getting more or less common?: More common. 1,886 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,214 in 2010, up 17%.