The Rat surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 118 people carried this name — #132,259 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,430 people named Rat.
16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 70 départements, most often Vienne.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
22 people named Rat live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Neuchâtel.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rat.
- Raso 1,203 · U.S. census
- Rassel 350 · U.S. census
- Rasset 113 · U.S. census
- Rassier 253 · U.S. census
- Rastelli 319 · U.S. census
- Rastello 121 · U.S. census
- Rata 128 · U.S. census
- Ratajczak 1,211 · U.S. census
- Ratajczyk 377 · U.S. census
- Rateau 195 · U.S. census
- Ratel 137 · U.S. census
- Rath 6,135 · U.S. census
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