How rare is the last name Ratcliff?

9,896 people in the United States have the last name Ratcliff, about 1 in 30,204. It ranks #3,519 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

RATCLIFF

#3,519

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,896
About
1 in 30,204
This common or more
54.4%
Who bears it

Of the 9,896 people with the last name Ratcliff, 71.1% reported their origin as White, 19.6% as Black and 4.2% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Ratcliff

#3,517 Severson · 9,898#3,518 Storm · 9,897#3,520 Motley · 9,887#3,520 Steed · 9,887

Spelled almost the same

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

#5,707 Radcliffe · 5,854#6,520 Radcliff · 5,004#7,547 Ratcliffe · 4,244#12,339 Ratzlaff · 2,404#69,752 Ratzloff · 303

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