How common is the surname Raskin?

2,216 people in the United States had the surname Raskin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 139,326 Americans. It ranked 13,660th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Raskin?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Raskin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Raskin?

Jef Raskin, American computer interface expert (1943-2005), followed by Nicolas Raskin.

Where is the surname Raskin most common?

Wikidata records people named Raskin in the United States and Belgium.

Is the surname Raskin getting more or less common?

More common. 1,963 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,216 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Raskin

A surname, carried by 2,216 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Raskin is more common than 91.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,216 people named Raskin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 139,326 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,963.

#13,660

rank among US surnames

2,216

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+12.9%

change since 2000 (was #14,077)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,654	Victorino	2,218	139,200
#13,657	Gengler	2,217	139,263
#13,660	Fitzgibbon	2,216	139,326

Who is named Raskin

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

94% of people named Raskin identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Raskins

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jef Raskin
American computer interface expert (1943-2005)
Nicolas Raskin
Belgian footballer (born 2001)
Jamie Raskin
American lawyer, politician, and U.S. Representative from Maryland since 2017
Fred Raskin
American film editor, born 1973
Aza Raskin
American computer programmer, born 1984

Notable Raskins come mostly from the United States (4) and Belgium (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Raskin

Raskin has the Soundex code R250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R250.

Questions

How common is the surname Raskin?: 2,216 people in the United States had the surname Raskin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 139,326 Americans. It ranked 13,660th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Raskin?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Raskin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Raskin?: Jef Raskin, American computer interface expert (1943-2005), followed by Nicolas Raskin.
Where is the surname Raskin most common?: Wikidata records people named Raskin in the United States and Belgium.
Is the surname Raskin getting more or less common?: More common. 1,963 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,216 in 2010, up 13%.