Raši
surname · Latin script
Raši is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Proto-Finnic *rasi, borrowed from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*grasja), from Proto-Germanic *grasą.
- GYGuyana1 in 750K(measured from records)
- USUnited States1 in 424Kas Rashi
- SESweden1 in 638Kas Rashi
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Raši itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 13 (measured from records)
- 1 in 750K (inferred from the name graph)
785 named Rashi, 2020
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Guyana
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Rashi in US United States.
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)
- Proto-Finnic*rasi(measured from records)
- Proto-Norse[script(measured from records)
- Proto-Germanic*grasą(measured from records)
From Proto-Finnic *rasi, borrowed from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*grasja), from Proto-Germanic *grasą.
Sources 3
- The Penguin book of Hindu names for boys
- Wiktionary
- Nordic Names
Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Raši 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 785as Rashi | 1 in 424K | 637 | Rashi | 4 |
| SE Sweden | 16as Rashi | 1 in 638K | 42 | — | — |
| PL Poland | 5as Rashi | 1 in 7.7M | 9 | — | — |
| DK Denmark | 5as Rashi | 1 in 1.2M | 5 | — | — |
| CR Costa Rica | 2as Rashi | 1 in 2.5M | 2 | — | — |
| GY Guyana | 1 | 1 in 750K | 1 | — | — |
| LV Latvia | 1as Rashi | 1 in 1.9M | 1 | — | — |
785 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. 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 — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025; PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Richard Rašib. 1971SKSlovak politician
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 3 sources across 1 country.
Reference works 1
- Wikipedia surname tokens
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Raši mean, and where does it come from?
- From Proto-Finnic *rasi, borrowed from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*grasja), from Proto-Germanic *grasą. Recorded by The Penguin book of Hindu names for boys and Wiktionary and 1 other source.
- In which country does Raši have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 785 people named Rashi, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Raši most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Raši is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 750 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Raši?
- In Guyana, the national register counted 1 people named Raši in 2025, about 1 in 750 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ra%C5%A1iThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Raši”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.