Race Family History
- Race Name Meaning
- English: of uncertain origin; Reaney suggests a nickname from Old French ras ‘clean shaven’, but he also cites documentary evidence of a personal name which probably also gave rise to the surname. Perhaps a variant of Dutch or German Rase. Slovenian (southwestern Slovenia): nickname from raca ‘duck’, formed with the suffix -e, used mainly of young people, possibly denoting someone who walked like a duck.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
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Number of Race families
 309 - 615  104 - 308 |
 1 - 103  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Race families
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10 - 18 4 - 9 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Race census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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