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    The surname Rimes

    A surname, carried by 1,108 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R520

    Rimes: #23,065 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rimes #23,065, 1,108 people Rimes: #23,065 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rimes #23,065, 1,108 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rimes is more common than 85.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,108 people named Rimes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 278,651 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,006.

    #23,065
    rank among US surnames
    1,108
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.1%
    change since 2000 (was #23,530)

    Who is named Rimes

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

    82% of people named Rimes identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 82%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 11%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.2%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Rimess

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • LeAnn Rimes
      American singer and actress (born 1982)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rimes

    Rimes has the Soundex code R520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R520.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Rimes?
    1,108 people in the United States had the surname Rimes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 278,651 Americans. It ranked 23,065th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rimes?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Rimes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Rimes?
    LeAnn Rimes, American singer and actress (born 1982).
    Where is the surname Rimes most common?
    Wikidata records people named Rimes in the United States.
    Is the surname Rimes getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,006 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,108 in 2010, up 10%.