Explore the Family Name Raether

The meaning of Raether

German (Räther): 1. from an ancient Germanic personal name formed with rād, rāt ‘advice, counsel’. 2. habitational name for someone from a place called Rath (see Rath 3) or Rathen (Rhineland). 3. habitational name from any of the places called Räther and Räthern in northeastern Germany. Compare Rather.

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How common is the last name Raether in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Raether saw a slight increase in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 28,433 in terms of commonality with 790 instances recorded. By 2010, its rank increased slightly to 28,333 with an increase to 843 counts. This represents a 6.71% growth in the occurrence of the surname. Despite this growth, the proportion per 100,000 people remained consistent at 0.29.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#28,433	#28,333	0.35%
Count	790	843	6.71%
Proportion per 100k	0.29	0.29	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Raether

In terms of ethnicity, data from the Decennial U.S. Census indicates a shift between 2000 and 2010. The majority of individuals with the Raether surname identified as White, although this percentage decreased by 2.86% from 97.09% in 2000 to 94.31% in 2010. A small percentage identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, but this also decreased by 17.82%. Interestingly, those identifying as having two or more ethnicities increased by 86.52%, and those identifying as Hispanic saw a significant increase of 181.58%. No individuals with the Raether surname identified as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.09%	94.31%	-2.86%
Hispanic	0.76%	2.14%	181.58%
Two or More Races	0.89%	1.66%	86.52%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.01%	0.83%	-17.82%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%