How common is the surname Racz?

1,033 people in the United States had the surname Racz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 298,882 Americans. It ranked 24,288th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Racz?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Racz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Racz?

Lajos Rácz, (1952–) Olympic wrestler, followed by Barnabás Rácz.

Where is the surname Racz most common?

Wikidata records people named Racz in Hungary.

Is the surname Racz getting more or less common?

More common. 1,024 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,033 in 2010, up 0.9%.

The surname Racz

A Hungarian surname, carried by 1,033 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). Racz is more common than 85% of them.

Origin

Hungarian origin

Borrowed from Hungarian Rácz.

One of 46 Hungarian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,033 people named Racz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 298,882 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,024.

#24,288

rank among US surnames

1,033

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+0.9%

change since 2000 (was #23,237)

Who is named Racz

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

94% of people named Racz identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.3%
Two or more races 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Raczs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lajos Rácz
(1952–) Olympic wrestler
Barnabás Rácz
Association football player, born 1996

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Racz

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

Other Hungarian surnames

All 46 Hungarian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Racz come from?: Borrowed from Hungarian Rácz.
How common is the surname Racz?: 1,033 people in the United States had the surname Racz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 298,882 Americans. It ranked 24,288th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Racz?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Racz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Racz?: Lajos Rácz, (1952–) Olympic wrestler, followed by Barnabás Rácz.
Where is the surname Racz most common?: Wikidata records people named Racz in Hungary.
Is the surname Racz getting more or less common?: More common. 1,024 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,033 in 2010, up 0.9%.