Racer

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Someone who takes part in a race

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

/ɹejsə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Racer is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 568K(measured from records)
  • IEIreland≈1 in 130K
  • SGSingapore≈1 in 213K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

586 people, 2010

Sources
183 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 130K (inferred from the name graph)

Ireland, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Someone who takes part in a race.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Racer 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 Racer is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States5861 in 568K691Racer183
IN India≈330 est.≈1 in 4M—Racer18
AU Australia≈96 est.≈1 in 266K—Racer6
GB United Kingdom≈96 est.≈1 in 688K—Racer14
CA Canada≈83 est.≈1 in 456K—Racer10
IE Ireland≈40 est.≈1 in 130K—Racer2
SG Singapore≈29 est.≈1 in 213K—Racer3
JM Jamaica≈11 est.≈1 in 263K—Racer1

586 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. 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 recorded senses(measured from records)

Racer is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Dutch, a racer, one who races

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In French, racecar

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Mr Racer,
InformalHi Racer,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 10 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Racer
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020691#35,148
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000687#31,774
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010586#37,899
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

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 Racer mean, and where does it come from?
Someone who takes part in a race. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How common is the name Racer?
In the United States, the national register counted 586 people named Racer in 2010, about 1 in 568 thousand residents.
How do you pronounce Racer?
A machine transcription gives /ɹejsə/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Racer have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 586 people named Racer, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled racer.

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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, “Racer”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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