The Rase surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 393 people carried this name — #52,736 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted. That is down 26% from 529 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 247 people named Rase live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Namur.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 80 people named Rase.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Meurthe-et-Moselle.
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 26 people named Rase 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 the Nordic population registers
24 people named Rase is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
Who carried it
People named Rase,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ann-Sofie Rase 1964– · actor
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rase.
- Rapp 14,107 · U.S. census
- Rappe 852 · U.S. census
- Rappold 997 · U.S. census
- Raquet 358 · U.S. census
- Ras 654 · U.S. census
- Rascol 154 · U.S. census
- Rasmussen 36,636 · U.S. census
- Raso 1,115 · U.S. census
- Rassel 321 · U.S. census
- Rasset 132 · U.S. census
- Rassier 242 · U.S. census
- Rastelli 429 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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