How common is the surname Tracey?

8,152 people in the United States had the surname Tracey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,874 Americans. It ranked 4,359th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Tracey?

Raphael Tracey, American soccer player (1904-1975), followed by Adelle Tracey.

Where is the surname Tracey most common?

Wikidata records people named Tracey in the United States and the United Kingdom.

How do you pronounce Tracey?

Tracey is /ˈtɹeɪsi/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Tracey getting more or less common?

More common. 8,046 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,152 in 2010, up 1.3%.

Is Tracey also a first name?

Yes. Tracey is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Tracey

A French surname, carried by 8,152 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈtɹeɪsi/ 2 syllables Soundex T620 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tracey is more common than 97.3% of them.

Origin

French origin

A surname from Old French, a spelling variant of Tracy.

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 8,152 people named Tracey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 37,874 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,046.

#4,359

rank among US surnames

8,152

people in 2010

2.8

per 100,000 Americans

+1.3%

change since 2000 (was #4,065)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,351	Leclair	8,162	37,827
#4,352	Sammons	8,161	37,832
#4,353	An	8,160	37,836
#4,354	Knowlton	8,157	37,850
#4,355	Tillery	8,156	37,855
#4,357	Stallworth	8,155	37,860
#4,358	Ralph	8,153	37,869

Who is named Tracey

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

85% of people named Tracey identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Traceys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Raphael Tracey
American soccer player (1904-1975)
Adelle Tracey
British athlete, born 1993

Notable Traceys come mostly from the United States (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Tracey

Tracey has the Soundex code T620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T620.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Tracey come from?: Tracey is French in origin.
How common is the surname Tracey?: 8,152 people in the United States had the surname Tracey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,874 Americans. It ranked 4,359th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tracey?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Tracey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Tracey?: Raphael Tracey, American soccer player (1904-1975), followed by Adelle Tracey.
Where is the surname Tracey most common?: Wikidata records people named Tracey in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Tracey?: Tracey is /ˈtɹeɪsi/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Tracey getting more or less common?: More common. 8,046 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,152 in 2010, up 1.3%.
Is Tracey also a first name?: Yes. Tracey is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.