Ràk

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Ràk is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Poland than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rakъ.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 250K(measured from records)
  • PLPoland1 in 2.7K
  • SISlovenia1 in 4.6K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Poland (measured from records)

14,022 people, 2026

Sources
253 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 2.7K (inferred from the name graph)

Poland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Rak in US United States, PL Poland.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rakъ.

Sources 4

  • A dictionary of surnames
  • The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
  • Wiktionary
  • Deshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ràk counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Ràk is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PL Poland14,0221 in 2.7K7.1KRak5
US United States1,3321 in 250K1.3KRak253
CZ Czechia1,0061 in 11K1K——
HR Croatia9201 in 4.6K920—2
SI Slovenia4601 in 4.6K460—7
SK Slovakia3021 in 18K302——

14,022 people counted by dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames), 2026. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); MVČR — living population register 2017; naše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank); JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Ràk is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, Brazil, United States, Spain

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Rak, Râk, Ráķ, Rák, Räk

1 further group record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Ràk under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Ràk mean, and where does it come from?
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rakъ. Recorded by A dictionary of surnames and The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles and 2 other sources.
In which country does Ràk have the most bearers?
In Poland, the national register counted about 14 thousand people named Ràk, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rak.
Where is Ràk most common?
Ràk is densest in Poland, where the national register counts about 1 in 2.7 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Ràk?
In Poland, the national register counted 14,022 people named Ràk in 2026, about 1 in 2.7 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ràk”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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