How common is the last name Rao?

15,053 people in the United States have the last name Rao, about 1 in 19,856. It ranks #2,363 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

RAO

#2,363

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
15,053
About
1 in 19,856
This common or more
49.8%
Who bears it

Of the 15,053 people with the last name Rao, 81.6% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 13% as White and 3.6% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Rao

#2,361 Mock · 15,065#2,362 Prather · 15,059#2,364 Coats · 15,044#2,365 Brenner · 15,042

Spelled almost the same

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

#219 Ray · 130,289#1,760 Rai · 19,927#4,063 Rau · 8,480#6,363 Rae · 5,142#12,024 Rayo · 2,478#16,938 Ra · 1,641#59,236 Raw · 369#68,789 Rah · 308

Also a first name

As a first name, Rao ranks #19,676 of 53,615, with 534 people. See Rao as a first name

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