Race Surname
Approximately 12,856 people bear this surname
Race Surname Definition:
In Yorkshire, a rivulet; in the South, a mill-stream; also the meeting of two tides, as Portland Rice. The H.R. Race, without prefix, appears to point to some other origin.
Race Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6,415 | 1:56,502 | 6,728 |
| England | 2,914 | 1:19,121 | 2,737 |
| Philippines | 1,149 | 1:88,110 | 15,335 |
| Australia | 407 | 1:66,329 | 7,905 |
| Canada | 378 | 1:97,475 | 10,598 |
| Iran | 204 | 1:376,385 | 24,618 |
| France | 201 | 1:330,461 | 49,960 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Italy | 153 | 1:399,717 | 44,802 |
| New Zealand | 137 | 1:33,053 | 5,740 |
| India | 107 | 1:7,168,835 | 157,365 |
| Slovenia | 87 | 1:28,594 | 5,906 |
| Scotland | 64 | 1:83,653 | 6,073 |
| Afghanistan | 61 | 1:527,101 | 6,518 |
| South Africa | 57 | 1:950,486 | 60,033 |
| Belgium | 46 | 1:249,927 | 30,800 |
| Botswana | 44 | 1:49,703 | 9,263 |
| Wales | 28 | 1:110,519 | 8,545 |
| New Caledonia | 26 | 1:10,624 | 2,723 |
| Northern Ireland | 20 | 1:92,252 | 5,957 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 19 | 1:2,873 | 305 |
| Taiwan | 18 | 1:1,302,486 | 8,817 |
| Thailand | 17 | 1:4,155,197 | 336,594 |
| Brazil | 14 | 1:15,291,024 | 280,658 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Jersey | 7 | 1:14,172 | 2,872 |
| Mexico | 7 | 1:17,732,315 | 50,495 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Austria | 6 | 1:1,419,239 | 86,529 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Latvia | 5 | 1:410,009 | 28,210 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Micronesia | 4 | 1:26,561 | 731 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Bahamas | 4 | 1:97,938 | 1,027 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 7 | 1:632,838 | 19,259 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,596 | 1:15,273 | 2,264 |
| Isle of Man | 8 | 1:6,784 | 664 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,709 | 1:29,385 | 3,576 |
The alternate forms: Racé (2) & Račė (1) are calculated separately.
Race (866) may also be a first name.
Race Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
In Yorkshire, a rivulet; in the South, a mill-stream; also the meeting of two tides, as Portland Rice. The H.R. Race, without prefix, appears to point to some other origin.
From the Dutch, Rees; a personal name.
Race Demographics
Average Race Salary in
United States
$43,576 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Race Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Race Come From? nationality or country of origin
Race (Tibetan: རེ་སི་) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Racé or Račė. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Race? popularity and diffusion
The surname Race is the 40,730th most prevalent family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 566,860 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 48 percent of Race live; 48 percent live in North America and 48 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 276,587th most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 866 people.
Race is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 6,415 people, or 1 in 56,502. In The United States Race is most frequent in: New York, where 15 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and Florida, where 7 percent live. Apart from The United States Race is found in 70 countries. It is also common in England, where 23 percent live and The Philippines, where 9 percent live.
Race Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Race has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 375 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 183 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 3,200 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 2,800 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 86 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Race Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Anglican (86%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Race last name are 15.82% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.59% being registered with the party.
The amount Race earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 83.51% more than the national average, earning 635,088 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 54.53% less than the national average, earning R 108,060 per year; in United States they earn 0.99% more than the national average, earning $43,576 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.61% more than the national average, earning $55,948 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Race Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Race in the Tibetan language | ||
| རེ་སི་ | rési | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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