How common is the last name Rai?

19,927 people in the United States have the last name Rai, about 1 in 15,000. It ranks #1,760 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

last name

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#1,760

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
19,927
About
1 in 15,000
This common or more
46.3%
Who bears it

Of the 19,927 people with the last name Rai, 95.5% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 2% as White and 1.2% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Rai

1 other last name also has 19,927 people.

#1,760 Holliday · 19,927

Either side of Rai

#1,759 Coulter · 19,931#1,760 Holliday · 19,927#1,762 Cornell · 19,884#1,763 Araujo · 19,837

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Rai, most common first.

#219 Ray · 130,289#2,363 Rao · 15,053#4,063 Rau · 8,480#6,363 Rae · 5,142#16,938 Ra · 1,641#18,805 Raia · 1,447#59,236 Raw · 369#63,550 Rahi · 339

Also a first name

As a first name, Rai ranks #15,159 of 53,615, with 764 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2022, with 44 births. See Rai as a first name

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