How common is the last name Rainey?

22,458 people in the United States have the last name Rainey, about 1 in 13,309. It ranks #1,561 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

RAINEY

#1,561

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
22,458
About
1 in 13,309
This common or more
44.9%
Who bears it

Of the 22,458 people with the last name Rainey, 60.5% reported their origin as White, 30.8% as Black and 4.3% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Rainey

#1,559 Maher · 22,504#1,560 Lord · 22,488#1,562 Ivey · 22,405#1,563 Phipps · 22,387

Spelled almost the same

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

#4,167 Raney · 8,229#12,070 Ranney · 2,467#14,377 Raine · 2,002#82,347 Raimey · 247#98,894 Rainy · 196

Also a first name

As a first name, Rainey ranks #7,838 of 53,615, with 1,900 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2022, with 90 births. See Rainey as a first name

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