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    The surname Reach

    A surname, carried by 1,286 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R200

    Reach: #20,601 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Reach #20,601, 1,286 people Reach: #20,601 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Reach #20,601, 1,286 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Reach is more common than 87.3% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,286 people named Reach in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 240,082 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,158.

    #20,601
    rank among US surnames
    1,286
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.1%
    change since 2000 (was #21,124)

    Who is named Reach

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

    86% of people named Reach identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 9.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Reach

    Reach 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 Reach?
    1,286 people in the United States had the surname Reach in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 240,082 Americans. It ranked 20,601st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Reach?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Reach identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Reach getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,158 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,286 in 2010, up 11%.