# Tracy (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/tracy/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Old French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 29,867 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,180 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 10,337 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.9% (29,316 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈtɹeɪsi/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Tracey, Traci, Tracie |

## Etymology

A Norman baronial surname from places in France, derived from the Gallo-Roman given name Thracius which referred to Thrace + the Celtic suffix *-āko (place, property). As a female given name, it is also known as a diminutive of Theresa.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Tracy in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Tracy in the United States and Canada.

## People named Tracy

- Spencer Tracy, American actor (1900–1967)
- Brian Tracy, American motivational speaker and writer
- Lee Tracy, American actor (1898-1968)
- David Tracy, American theologian
- Lynne M. Tracy, American diplomat, US Ambassador to Russia from 2023
- William Tracy, American actor (1917-1967)
- Uriah Tracy, American politician (1755-1807)
- Benjamin Franklin Tracy, American politician (1830–1915)
- Craig Tracy, American mathematician
- Jeanie Tracy, American musician

## Similar surnames

Tracey, Treacy, Trawick, Traywick, Trickey, Torres, Trejo, Torrez, Turk, Trice, Trask, Truax.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.