The Rak surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,332 people carried this name — #20,065 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 222,200 people counted. That is up 4% from 1,285 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
12,135 people named Rak have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 14,118 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 141 people named Rak.
57 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 78 people named Rak 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 Buenos Aires Province.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
27 people named Rak live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 the Nordic population registers
69 people named Rak are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Rak,
with a public archive behind them.
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Teodor Rak 1904–1976 · Catholic priest -
Joseph Rak 1862–1936 · paleontologist
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Zdeněk Rak 1884–1915
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Emanuel Rak 1886–1961
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Bohumil Rak 1888–1962 · Romanist
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Arnold Rak 1893– · prosecutor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rak.
- Rainville 2,236 · U.S. census
- Raiola 281 · U.S. census
- Rais 471 · U.S. census
- Raison 375 · U.S. census
- Raja 2,593 · U.S. census
- Raji 422 · U.S. census
- Rakowski 2,092 · U.S. census
- Rallo 717 · U.S. census
- Rama 1,284 · U.S. census
- Ramacciotti 145 · U.S. census
- Ramadani 400 · U.S. census
- Ramage 3,878 · U.S. census
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