How common is the surname Rising?

2,027 people in the United States had the surname Rising in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 152,316 Americans. It ranked 14,669th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Rising getting more or less common?

More common. 1,944 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,027 in 2010, up 4.3%.

The surname Rising

A surname, carried by 2,027 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R252

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rising is more common than 91% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,027 people named Rising in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 152,316 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,944.

#14,669

rank among US surnames

2,027

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+4.3%

change since 2000 (was #14,176)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,662	Brault	2,029	152,166
#14,667	Darst	2,028	152,241
#14,669	Minner	2,027	152,316

Who is named Rising

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

91% of people named Rising identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rising

Rising has the Soundex code R252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R252.

Questions

How common is the surname Rising?: 2,027 people in the United States had the surname Rising in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 152,316 Americans. It ranked 14,669th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rising?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Rising identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Rising getting more or less common?: More common. 1,944 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,027 in 2010, up 4.3%.