The Racine surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,836 people carried this name — #6,933 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 61,000 people counted. That is up 8% from 4,488 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Racine surname
Borrowed from French racine (“root”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Racine» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,155 people named Racine.
46 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 80 départements, most often Doubs.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
957 people named Racine live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Neuchâtel.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 66 people named Racine live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Santa Fe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Racine in American newspapers,
1902–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 272,037 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Racine,
with a public archive behind them.
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Louis Racine 1692–1763 · writer -
Antoine Racine 1822–1893 · Catholic priest -
Dominique Racine 1828–1888 · Catholic priest -
Mamadou Racine 1838–1902 · soldier -
Edouard Racine 1841–1912 · judge
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 119 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Racine.
- Racca 1,110 · U.S. census
- Race 5,108 · U.S. census
- Rach 687 · U.S. census
- Rachel 2,398 · U.S. census
- Racher 139 · U.S. census
- Rachid 169 · U.S. census
- Racz 1,033 · U.S. census
- Raczynski 440 · U.S. census
- Radde 394 · U.S. census
- Rade 277 · U.S. census
- Radel 1,829 · U.S. census
- Rader 16,320 · U.S. census
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