Racz

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

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

Racz is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Hungary than in any other country, where it is the 23rd most common surname. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Hungarian Rácz.

rarermore common
  • HUHungary≈1 in 2.2K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 322K
  • SKSlovakia1 in 4.2K

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.

Hungary (inferred from the name graph)

≈4,500 people, est.

Sources
134 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 2.2K (inferred from the name graph)

Hungary, est.

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 Rácz in SK Slovakia.

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)

Borrowed from Hungarian Rácz.

Sources 1

Where in the world(measured from records)

Racz 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 Racz is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
HU Hungary#23≈4,500 est.≈1 in 2.2K35KRacz131
SK Slovakia#1771,2931 in 4.2K1.3KRácz39
RO Romania#603≈1,200 est.≈1 in 17K—Racz31
US United States—1,0331 in 322K1KRacz134
CA Canada—≈350 est.≈1 in 107K—Racz28
CZ Czechia—2331 in 46K233Racz28

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: Nyilvántartó — Top-100 birth surnames in population (2020–2025); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); MVČR — living population register 2017. 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)

Racz is also recorded as 9 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname13 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Canada

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Rácz, Ràcz, Râcz, Ra̕cz

  • French surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Canada, Belgium

    Also written Rácz, Ràcz

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Rácz, Ràcz

  • Danish surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark, United States, Sweden

    Languages: Danish, Swedish

    Also written Rácz

  • Croatian surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, United States, Romania

    Also written Rácz

  • Swahili surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Rácz

  • Italian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, United States

    Also written Rácz

  • Russian surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Russia

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Rácz

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Rácz

24 further groups 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Racz is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Polish, second-person singular imperative of raczyć

    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)

19001920194019601980L. László Ecker-Racz, b. 1906André Racz, b. 1916Paul Racz, b. 1925Andy Racz, b. 1932Mladen Racz, b. 1949Ildiko Racz, b. 1950Attila Racz, b. 1973

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 Racz,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 26 sources across 17 countries.

Official registers attesting Racz
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020101K#24,288
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020201K#25,173
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020001K#23,237
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—9#85,114
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—9#18,605
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 Racz mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from Hungarian Rácz. Recorded by Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Racz?
A machine transcription gives /ˈɹɑtʃ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Racz have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 4.5 thousand people named Racz in Hungary, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled racz.
How common is the name Racz?
In Slovakia, the national register counted 1,293 people named Racz in 1995, about 1 in 4.2 thousand residents.
How common is Racz compared with other names?
In Hungary, Racz is the 23rd most common surname of 88,284 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Racz” — the 23rd most common surname in Hungary. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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