How common is the surname Rector?

13,559 people in the United States had the surname Rector in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,771 Americans. It ranked 2,661st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Rector?

James Rector, American athlete (1884-1949), followed by Sarah Rector.

Where is the surname Rector most common?

Wikidata records people named Rector in the United States.

Is the surname Rector getting more or less common?

Less common. 13,609 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,559 in 2010, down 0.4%.

The surname Rector

A German surname, carried by 13,559 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R236

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rector is more common than 98.4% of them.

Origin

German origin

Americanized form of German Richter.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,559 people named Rector in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 22,771 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 13,609.

#2,661

rank among US surnames

13,559

people in 2010

4.6

per 100,000 Americans

-0.4%

change since 2000 (was #2,437)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,652	Suggs	13,585	22,727
#2,653	Pickering	13,582	22,732
#2,654	Adam	13,574	22,745
#2,655	Cheney	13,573	22,747
#2,656	Yancey	13,566	22,759
#2,658	Morrissey	13,564	22,762
#2,659	Weinstein	13,563	22,764

Who is named Rector

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

89% of people named Rector identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rectors

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

James Rector
American athlete (1884-1949)
Sarah Rector
African American member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, 1902–1967
Henry Massey Rector
6th governor of Arkansas (1816–1899)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rector

Rester

Rector has the Soundex code R236, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R236.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Rector come from?: Americanized form of German Richter.
How common is the surname Rector?: 13,559 people in the United States had the surname Rector in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,771 Americans. It ranked 2,661st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rector?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Rector identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Rector?: James Rector, American athlete (1884-1949), followed by Sarah Rector.
Where is the surname Rector most common?: Wikidata records people named Rector in the United States.
Is the surname Rector getting more or less common?: Less common. 13,609 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,559 in 2010, down 0.4%.