How rare is the last name Rhea?

7,671 people in the United States have the last name Rhea, about 1 in 38,965. It ranks #4,488 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

RHEA

#4,488

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,671
About
1 in 38,965
This common or more
57.3%
Who bears it

Of the 7,671 people with the last name Rhea, 81.6% reported their origin as White, 8.5% as Black and 4.7% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Rhea

#4,486 Levi · 7,673#4,487 Knowlton · 7,672#4,489 Pizarro · 7,670#4,490 Blythe · 7,669

Spelled almost the same

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

#7,811 Rhee · 4,072#33,969 Rhew · 720#114,090 Rha · 163

Also a first name

As a first name, Rhea ranks #2,119 of 53,615, with 12,677 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2023, with 577 births. See Rhea as a first name

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