How common is the surname Radke?

4,976 people in the United States had the surname Radke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,047 Americans. It ranked 6,777th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Radke?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Radke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Radke?

Ronnie Radke, American musician (born 1983).

Where is the surname Radke most common?

Wikidata records people named Radke in the United States.

Is the surname Radke getting more or less common?

Less common. 5,000 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,976 in 2010, down 0.5%.

The surname Radke

A German surname, carried by 4,976 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R320

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Radke is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Radke.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,976 people named Radke in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,047 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 5,000.

#6,777

rank among US surnames

4,976

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

-0.5%

change since 2000 (was #6,277)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,774	Brooker	4,979	62,010
#6,775	Volz	4,978	62,022
#6,776	Youngs	4,977	62,034
#6,777	Radke	4,976	62,047

Who is named Radke

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

94% of people named Radke identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Radkes

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ronnie Radke
American musician (born 1983)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Redcay

Surnames that sound like Radke

Radke has the Soundex code R320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R320.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Radke come from?: Borrowed from German Radke.
How common is the surname Radke?: 4,976 people in the United States had the surname Radke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,047 Americans. It ranked 6,777th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Radke?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Radke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Radke?: Ronnie Radke, American musician (born 1983).
Where is the surname Radke most common?: Wikidata records people named Radke in the United States.
Is the surname Radke getting more or less common?: Less common. 5,000 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,976 in 2010, down 0.5%.
What are other spellings of Radke?: Redcay.