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    The surname Rakowski

    A Polish surname, carried by 2,092 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex R220

    Rakowski: #14,307 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rakowski #14,307, 2,092 people Rakowski: #14,307 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rakowski #14,307, 2,092 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rakowski is more common than 91.2% of them.

    Origin

    Polish origin

    Borrowed from Polish Rakowski.

    One of 304 Polish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,092 people named Rakowski in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 147,584 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,072.

    #14,307
    rank among US surnames
    2,092
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1%
    change since 2000 (was #13,469)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,299Baggs2,093147,513
    #14,307Rakowski2,092147,584
    #14,312Dwight2,091147,654
    #14,316Imler2,090147,725

    Who is named Rakowski

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

    97% of people named Rakowski identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rakowski

    Rakowski has the Soundex code R220, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R220.

    Other Polish surnames

    All 304 Polish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Rakowski come from?
    Borrowed from Polish Rakowski.
    How common is the surname Rakowski?
    2,092 people in the United States had the surname Rakowski in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 147,584 Americans. It ranked 14,307th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rakowski?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Rakowski identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Rakowski getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,072 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,092 in 2010, up 1.0%.