Skip to content
Name Lineage

    Surnames beginning with R

    1,325 surnames starting with R, ordered by how many people carry them in the United States, with notable names that are rare in the US further down.

    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
    #SurnameOriginUS rankPeople in the US
    1 Rodriguez Spanish, patronymic 9 1,094,924
    2 Ramirez Spanish, patronymic 28 557,423
    3 Robinson patronymic 30 529,821
    4 Rivera Spanish 46 391,114
    5 Roberts patronymic 50 376,774
    6 Reyes Spanish 60 327,904
    7 Rogers patronymic 66 302,261
    8 Reed 73 277,030
    9 Ramos Spanish 76 263,464
    10 Richardson patronymic 80 259,798
    11 Ruiz Spanish 89 238,234
    12 Ross Scottish Gaelic, occupational 98 229,368
    13 Russell Norman, nickname 104 221,558
    14 Romero Spanish 115 208,614
    15 Reynolds patronymic 121 200,247
    16 Rose patronymic 177 153,397
    17 Robertson patronymic 175 153,666
    18 Rice Welsh, occupational 184 149,500
    19 Ryan Irish, patronymic 193 143,452
    20 Riley Irish 217 133,872
    21 Ray French, nickname 220 133,171
    22 Richards 228 130,529
    23 Rios Spanish, place 237 127,794
    24 Reid 275 111,360
    25 Rojas Spanish 285 108,421
    26 Rhodes English, place 343 90,670
    27 Reeves English, occupational 390 81,978
    28 Robles 386 82,458
    29 Robbins patronymic 410 78,381
    30 Ramsey English, place 412 78,350
    31 Rodgers patronymic 428 76,095
    32 Rivas 426 76,205
    33 Rosales 431 75,185
    34 Reese Welsh 445 73,919
    35 Roman Latin 452 72,918
    36 Rowe English 478 69,879
    37 Roth 574 58,278
    38 Rangel 578 57,549
    39 Rocha Portuguese 613 55,251
    40 Roberson patronymic 605 56,180
    41 Randall English, patronymic 621 54,764
    42 Richard patronymic 629 53,893
    43 Roy Norman 640 53,159
    44 Rubio Spanish 673 50,788
    45 Rich patronymic 696 49,481
    46 Russo 715 48,696
    47 Rosario 725 48,051
    48 Roach Norman 764 45,019
    49 Rosas Spanish 765 44,938
    50 Randolph 840 41,129
    51 Reilly Irish 845 40,884
    52 Raymond patronymic 857 40,275
    53 Rush French, patronymic 869 39,802
    54 Rivers 897 38,662
    55 Richmond English 934 37,053
    56 Rasmussen Danish, patronymic 947 36,636
    57 Rollins patronymic 992 35,132
    58 Rowland patronymic 993 35,121
    59 Reyna Spanish 987 35,291
    60 Riggs 1,011 34,506
    61 Rosa 1,035 33,521
    62 Ritter German 1,053 33,252
    63 Rodrigues Spanish, patronymic 1,122 31,280
    64 Riddle 1,036 33,507
    65 Richter German 1,178 29,880
    66 Ratliff place 1,168 30,083
    67 Ritchie patronymic 1,217 29,040
    68 Romano Italian 1,219 29,018
    69 Rankin 1,229 28,821
    70 Rutherford place 1,250 28,079
    71 Renteria Spanish, place 1,256 27,976
    72 Rosenberg German 1,339 26,307
    73 Rossi Italian 1,348 26,183
    74 Rosado 1,301 26,998
    75 Rutledge 1,306 26,887
    76 Rouse Latin 1,330 26,519
    77 Rucker 1,326 26,581
    78 Romo 1,343 26,283
    79 Rico 1,359 25,954
    80 Roe English, nickname 1,406 25,286
    81 Robison patronymic 1,392 25,450
    82 Rubin patronymic 1,553 23,165
    83 Reece Welsh 1,479 24,145
    84 Rainey Irish, patronymic 1,545 23,291
    85 Rosen 1,585 22,596
    86 Reynoso Spanish 1,554 23,143
    87 Rodriquez 1,572 22,892
    88 Ramey 1,616 22,287
    89 Regan Irish 1,642 21,951
    90 Redmond Irish, patronymic 1,647 21,834
    91 Raines 1,676 21,518
    92 Root 1,770 20,284
    93 Roper German 1,787 20,065
    94 Rudolph German 1,808 19,854
    95 Rendon Spanish 1,778 20,143
    96 Rock Norse, occupational 1,859 19,313
    97 Rushing 1,827 19,604
    98 Roland 1,860 19,311
    99 Reeder 1,874 19,155
    100 Rizzo Italian 1,943 18,605
    101 Roche Norman 1,895 18,940
    102 Rhoades 1,949 18,508
    103 Ricks patronymic 1,950 18,506
    104 Rahman Arabic 1,994 18,097
    105 Richey 1,977 18,296
    106 Read 2,127 17,048
    107 Rosenthal German 2,194 16,583
    108 Rooney Irish, patronymic 2,156 16,823
    109 Ransom 2,150 16,871
    110 Reagan Irish, patronymic 2,207 16,491
    111 Ruffin 2,231 16,324
    112 Ring occupational 2,226 16,381
    113 Russ 2,237 16,300
    114 Rincon Spanish 2,215 16,455
    115 Rider occupational 2,227 16,352
    116 Rader 2,233 16,320
    117 Rowell 2,285 15,952
    118 Robledo Spanish 2,277 16,001
    119 Rowley English, place 2,338 15,588
    120 Redding 2,317 15,767
    121 Royal English, place 2,319 15,755
    122 Reaves occupational 2,344 15,550
    123 Ruff 2,369 15,383
    124 Roque 2,388 15,203
    125 Rudd English, nickname 2,451 14,732
    126 Ruth 2,414 15,012
    127 Rea 2,443 14,819
    128 Ryder occupational 2,544 14,228
    129 Randle 2,508 14,437
    130 Roark 2,489 14,509
    131 Reardon 2,509 14,435
    132 Rapp German 2,562 14,107
    133 Resendiz Spanish 2,500 14,457
    134 Rowan Irish, patronymic 2,581 13,993
    135 Renner 2,594 13,889
    136 Robb English, patronymic 2,686 13,402
    137 Rector German 2,661 13,559
    138 Roldan 2,671 13,498
    139 Rinehart German, patronymic 2,688 13,392
    140 Rhoads 2,690 13,389
    141 Redd 2,749 13,119
    142 Reich German 2,796 12,891
    143 Redman 2,770 13,028
    144 Ricketts patronymic 2,801 12,862
    145 Radford English, place 2,785 12,956
    146 Rees Welsh 2,828 12,754
    147 Reis 2,953 12,165
    148 Ragland 2,815 12,816
    149 Regalado 2,791 12,931
    150 Rockwell 2,902 12,360
    151 Reddy Telugu 2,858 12,614
    152 Reinhardt German, patronymic 2,973 12,057
    153 Ralston English, place 2,914 12,302
    154 Robert patronymic 2,944 12,181
    155 Ragsdale 2,932 12,227
    156 Rust 2,967 12,086
    157 Riggins 2,934 12,218
    158 Razo Spanish 2,960 12,125
    159 Reedy 3,017 11,884
    160 Rains 3,055 11,737
    161 Ricci 3,127 11,534
    162 Rawls patronymic 3,074 11,679
    163 Rao place 3,075 11,672
    164 Ridley English 3,133 11,521
    165 Rupp 3,167 11,399
    166 Ramon 3,108 11,582
    167 Ruelas 3,140 11,505
    168 Rivero Spanish 3,254 11,096
    169 Roush 3,173 11,386
    170 Royer 3,203 11,279
    171 Rodas 3,193 11,327
    172 Ragan 3,258 11,081
    173 Ruvalcaba 3,217 11,220
    174 Reiter 3,319 10,802
    175 Robins patronymic 3,322 10,797
    176 Rand 3,433 10,397
    177 Ratcliff 3,409 10,497
    178 Reichert 3,453 10,345
    179 Rojo Spanish, nickname 3,479 10,275
    180 Reddick 3,628 9,785
    181 Renfro 3,623 9,806
    182 Ripley English 3,799 9,314
    183 Rawlings 3,684 9,652
    184 Rafferty Irish 3,802 9,311
    185 Roby patronymic 3,798 9,315
    186 Ruggiero Italian 3,825 9,263
    187 Resendez 3,771 9,390
    188 Reinhart German, patronymic 3,833 9,237
    189 Reno 3,794 9,322
    190 Rosenbaum German 3,791 9,333
    191 Rueda 3,829 9,253
    192 Runyon 3,872 9,153
    193 Rickard patronymic 3,886 9,128
    194 Rauch German 3,962 8,972
    195 Ridgeway 3,960 8,975
    196 Register 3,914 9,075
    197 Redden 3,919 9,067
    198 Ruby 3,904 9,091
    199 Rau German 3,968 8,961
    200 Reimer 3,927 9,055
    201 Raney Irish 4,038 8,801
    202 Ricker 4,016 8,850
    203 Ritchey 4,019 8,844
    204 Rodarte 4,008 8,860
    205 Robinette French 4,045 8,784
    206 Romeo 4,108 8,636
    207 Rousseau French, nickname 4,297 8,270
    208 Ramsay 4,380 8,120
    209 Rayburn Scottish, place 4,152 8,532
    210 Rey Spanish 4,403 8,074
    211 Ribeiro 5,206 6,712
    212 Ralph patronymic 4,358 8,153
    213 Riddick 4,187 8,464
    214 Rausch German 4,224 8,398
    215 Robson patronymic 4,368 8,137
    216 Redmon 4,333 8,197
    217 Rhea 4,323 8,219
    218 Rinaldi Italian 4,573 7,756
    219 Ridenour 4,373 8,130
    220 Royster 4,409 8,056
    221 Riordan 4,515 7,848
    222 Rosser Welsh, patronymic 4,417 8,043
    223 Rupert 4,474 7,936
    224 Roller 4,492 7,894
    225 Rash 4,565 7,769
    226 Reuter German 4,644 7,643
    227 Rohrer German 4,580 7,750
    228 Raynor 4,563 7,770
    229 Romine 4,604 7,704
    230 Reitz 4,663 7,604
    231 Ries German 4,857 7,258
    232 Restrepo 4,759 7,441
    233 Reiss 4,815 7,334
    234 Randazzo Italian 4,900 7,190
    235 Ridge English, place 4,936 7,133
    236 Roddy Irish 4,939 7,127
    237 Rainwater 4,949 7,111
    238 Raber 4,854 7,261
    239 Rutter French 4,890 7,205
    240 Rambo 4,916 7,154
    241 Rosenberger 4,874 7,228
    242 Raya 4,894 7,198
    243 Rigsby place 4,941 7,124
    244 Rana Hindi, place 4,923 7,145
    245 Rohde 5,043 6,961
    246 Roderick 4,987 7,039
    247 Rudy 4,969 7,069
    248 Real 5,045 6,959
    249 Rooks 5,086 6,883
    250 Richie patronymic 5,138 6,812
    251 Rubino Italian 5,068 6,917
    252 Rickman 5,166 6,774
    253 Rutkowski Polish 5,142 6,805
    254 Rath German 5,178 6,747
    255 Roeder 5,185 6,742
    256 Richman 5,289 6,583
    257 Rountree English, place 5,196 6,726
    258 Roybal 5,197 6,725
    259 Rocco 5,289 6,583
    260 Rife 5,268 6,620
    261 Rathbun English 5,381 6,467
    262 Rigby 5,388 6,458
    263 Roden 5,245 6,653
    264 Riedel German 5,295 6,578
    265 Rawlins 5,305 6,566
    266 Rashid 5,353 6,504
    267 Raley 5,281 6,593
    268 Recinos Spanish 5,326 6,540
    269 Roundtree 5,405 6,439
    270 Ruble 5,355 6,503
    271 Rosenfeld German 5,371 6,484
    272 Ritz 5,413 6,430
    273 Rounds patronymic 5,400 6,447
    274 Rule 5,573 6,236
    275 Rohr 5,514 6,308
    276 Runyan 5,518 6,301
    277 Reza 5,479 6,349
    278 Rawson English, patronymic 5,442 6,395
    279 Ream 5,588 6,222
    280 Ramires 5,466 6,362
    281 Rood 5,560 6,254
    282 Rhoden 5,617 6,187
    283 Rascon Spanish 5,537 6,274
    284 Roa 5,589 6,221
    285 Rizo 5,547 6,266
    286 Renaud French 5,688 6,094
    287 Radtke 5,684 6,099
    288 Roney 5,761 6,015
    289 Radcliffe 5,812 5,948
    290 Remington place 5,865 5,881
    291 Rieger German 5,783 5,989
    292 Reinke 5,836 5,926
    293 Rex 5,975 5,758
    294 Risner 5,925 5,816
    295 Rolon 6,063 5,658
    296 Rhinehart German, patronymic 6,025 5,707
    297 Reeve occupational 6,312 5,406
    298 Reiner German 6,522 5,202
    299 Riojas Spanish 6,030 5,699
    300 Rodman 6,134 5,585
    301 Rahn 6,054 5,668
    302 Rothman 6,336 5,379
    303 Ridgway 6,291 5,429
    304 Rossman German 6,220 5,498
    305 Rickert 6,232 5,483
    306 Rivard French 6,186 5,530
    307 Rittenhouse 6,339 5,378
    308 Ryals 6,194 5,523
    309 Reinert 6,269 5,450
    310 Rae nickname 6,646 5,094
    311 Rackley 6,229 5,488
    312 Ruggles patronymic 6,494 5,228
    313 Ruano 6,240 5,478
    314 Riffle 6,253 5,461
    315 Rego 6,375 5,342
    316 Raab German 6,514 5,208
    317 Robey patronymic 6,381 5,333
    318 Robin French, patronymic 6,510 5,212
    319 Reber 6,418 5,295
    320 Rai 6,418 5,295
    321 Reel 6,399 5,316
    322 Reavis 6,411 5,305
    323 Ren Chinese 6,470 5,247
    324 Rager 6,425 5,287
    325 Ruppert 6,535 5,186
    326 Ringer English 6,430 5,283
    327 Royce English, patronymic 6,622 5,115
    328 Riddell French 6,484 5,236
    329 Radcliff 6,489 5,232
    330 Rumsey 6,497 5,226
    331 Runnels 6,680 5,055
    332 Roscoe Norse, place 6,571 5,152
    333 Roos 6,690 5,051
    334 Roebuck 6,638 5,100
    335 Rigdon 6,586 5,145
    336 Runge 6,591 5,139
    337 Rome 6,704 5,037
    338 Rue 6,721 5,023
    339 Rubalcava 6,605 5,130
    340 Reams 6,618 5,118
    341 Roll 6,732 5,011
    342 Race 6,632 5,108
    343 Rolle 6,960 4,819
    344 Radke German 6,777 4,976
    345 Rubenstein German 6,936 4,833
    346 Ready 6,896 4,875
    347 Ronquillo Spanish, place 6,885 4,881
    348 Raper 6,952 4,825
    349 Renfroe 6,956 4,822
    350 Rolfe 7,339 4,542
    351 Racine French 6,933 4,836
    352 Resnick 7,191 4,647
    353 Rodrigue 7,031 4,759
    354 Reiser 7,325 4,554
    355 Rusk 7,117 4,701
    356 Rinker 7,050 4,750
    357 Revels 7,141 4,683
    358 Rusch German 7,113 4,703
    359 Rigney 7,203 4,637
    360 Rogan Irish 7,345 4,537
    361 Rothwell English 7,279 4,579
    362 Rook 7,165 4,668
    363 Rhone 7,167 4,667
    364 Rude 7,174 4,661
    365 Rayford 7,270 4,584
    366 Roof 7,406 4,494
    367 Rick patronymic 7,258 4,591
    368 Rabe German 7,450 4,472
    369 Raphael Greek, patronymic 7,614 4,366
    370 Raby 7,319 4,559
    371 Rhyne 7,373 4,518
    372 Ruhl 7,468 4,462
    373 Raymer 7,505 4,436
    374 Rozier French 7,575 4,386
    375 Raygoza Spanish 7,431 4,482
    376 Ratcliffe 7,674 4,327
    377 Ressler 7,497 4,442
    378 Reisinger 7,568 4,390
    379 Renshaw 7,599 4,374
    380 Rushton English, place 7,609 4,369
    381 Ramer 7,752 4,283
    382 Rodney place 8,106 4,089
    383 Reveles 7,821 4,233
    384 Roseberry 7,852 4,215
    385 Roger patronymic 8,176 4,054
    386 Rein German, place 7,882 4,199
    387 Russel nickname 7,894 4,195
    388 Reidy Irish, patronymic 7,896 4,193
    389 Rayner 8,222 4,036
    390 Reina 7,915 4,180
    391 Reiff German 8,010 4,130
    392 Rennie 8,133 4,076
    393 Roop 7,926 4,175
    394 Riccio Italian 7,937 4,169
    395 Rutland English, place 7,939 4,168
    396 Ronan 8,036 4,117
    397 Rosenblum 8,114 4,086
    398 Rosson 8,006 4,131
    399 Rochester English 8,238 4,024
    400 Rhee Korean 8,141 4,071