Real

Real is the 5,236th most common surname in the United States, shared by 6,438 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 46,400.

By the numbers

People: 6,438
Rank: 5,236th
How common: 1 in 46,400
Per 100,000: 2.2

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Real described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

Hispanic or Latino 60.5%
White, not Hispanic 27.0%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 7.8%
Black, not Hispanic 2.4%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 1.9%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.5%

Surnames like Real

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.