How common is the surname Race?

5,108 people in the United States had the surname Race in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,444 Americans. It ranked 6,632nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Race?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Race identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Race getting more or less common?

More common. 4,925 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,108 in 2010, up 3.7%.

The surname Race

A surname, carried by 5,108 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Race is more common than 95.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,108 people named Race in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 60,444 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,925.

#6,632

rank among US surnames

5,108

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+3.7%

change since 2000 (was #6,365)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,626	Barrick	5,111	60,408
#6,628	Pizano	5,110	60,420
#6,630	Kershaw	5,109	60,432
#6,632	Cottle	5,108	60,444
#6,634	Dishman	5,106	60,467
#6,635	Brumbaugh	5,103	60,503

Who is named Race

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

92% of people named Race identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Race

Race has the Soundex code R200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R200.

Questions

How common is the surname Race?: 5,108 people in the United States had the surname Race in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,444 Americans. It ranked 6,632nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Race?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Race identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Race getting more or less common?: More common. 4,925 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,108 in 2010, up 3.7%.