The RATLIFF surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	29,142	1099	0.011	108
United States (1880 census)	3,766	1628	0.008	75
Change since 1880	+25376	+529	+0.003	+33
Other Countries
Australia	43	28919	0	3
United Kingdom	82	24756	0	2

Top States for RATLIFF by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Kentucky	3,068	166	0.076	759
Texas	2,765	984	0.013	133
Ohio	2,674	471	0.024	236
Virginia	1,841	486	0.026	260
Florida	1,362	1592	0.009	85
Top States for RATLIFF by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Kentucky	3,068	166	0.076	759
West Virginia	844	313	0.047	467
Mississippi	1,180	383	0.041	415
Virginia	1,841	486	0.026	260
Ohio	2,674	471	0.024	236

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called RATLIFF live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called RATLIFF represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called RATLIFF in Kentucky than any other state, but you are more likely to find a RATLIFF by picking someone at random in Kentucky than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of RATLIFF

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the RATLIFF surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the RATLIFF surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of RATLIFF in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
White (Hispanic)	420	1.44
Mixed Race	414	1.42
Native American/Alaskan	172	0.59
Asian/Pacific	108	0.37
White (Caucasian)	23,488	80.6
Black/African American	4,543	15.59

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the RATLIFF surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Similar names to RATLIFF

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as RATLIFF.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.