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    The surname Real

    A surname, carried by 6,959 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R400

    Real: #5,045 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Real #5,045, 6,959 people Real: #5,045 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Real #5,045, 6,959 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Real is more common than 96.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,959 people named Real in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 44,366 Americans. That is up 23% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,654.

    #5,045
    rank among US surnames
    6,959
    people in 2010
    2.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +23.1%
    change since 2000 (was #5,631)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,037Jessup6,96444,335
    #5,040Fishman6,96244,347
    #5,043Heffernan6,96144,354
    #5,045Real6,95944,366
    #5,046Yeh6,95844,373
    #5,047Beeson6,95244,411

    Who is named Real

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

    60% of people named Real identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 30% as white (not Hispanic) and 5.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 60%
    • White (not Hispanic) 30%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 5.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Reals

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Matthew Real
      American soccer player, born 1999
    • Juan Cruz Real
      Argentine soccer coach, born 1976

    Notable Reals come mostly from the United States (1) and Argentina (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Real

    Real 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 Real?
    6,959 people in the United States had the surname Real in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,366 Americans. It ranked 5,045th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Real?
    In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Real identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 30% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Real?
    Matthew Real, American soccer player, followed by Juan Cruz Real.
    Where is the surname Real most common?
    Wikidata records people named Real in the United States and Argentina.
    Is the surname Real getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,654 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,959 in 2010, up 23%.