The surname Racine
A French surname, carried by 4,836 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ɹəˈsiːn/ 2 syllables Soundex R250
Origin
French origin
Borrowed from French racine (“root”).
One of 791 French surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 4,836 people named Racine in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 63,843 Americans. That is up 7.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,488.
Who is named Racine
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
83% of people named Racine identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.4% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
- White (not Hispanic) 83%
- Black (not Hispanic) 7.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 4.4%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
- Two or more races 1.3%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Racine has the Soundex code R250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R250.
Other French surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Racine come from?
- Borrowed from French racine (“root”).
- How common is the surname Racine?
- 4,836 people in the United States had the surname Racine in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,843 Americans. It ranked 6,933rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Racine?
- In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Racine identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
- How do you pronounce Racine?
- Racine is /ɹəˈsiːn/, 2 syllables.
- Is the surname Racine getting more or less common?
- More common. 4,488 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,836 in 2010, up 7.8%.