Explore the Family Name Rakers

The meaning of Rakers

Dutch: 1. occupational name for a hangman or torturer, from a derivative of Middle Dutch racke ‘rack’. 2. from an agent derivative of Middle Dutch raken ‘to rake’, presumably a metonymic occupational name for a farmer.

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How common is the last name Rakers in the United States?

According to data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Rakers has witnessed a slight increase from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 35,445 in terms of popularity and rose to a rank of 33,410 in 2010, marking a change of 5.74 percent. The number of people bearing the surname also grew from 601 in 2000 to 683 in 2010, corresponding to a rise of 13.64 percent. Its proportion per 100,000 of the population also edged up from 0.22 to 0.23.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#35,445	#33,410	5.74%
Count	601	683	13.64%
Proportion per 100k	0.22	0.23	4.55%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Rakers

The ethnicity distribution for the surname Rakers based on the Decennial U.S. Census reveals that the majority of people with this surname identify as White, with the percentage remaining fairly stable at 97.67 percent in 2000 and 97.66 percent in 2010. The percentage of those identifying with two or more races saw an increase from 0.83 percent in 2000 to 1.02 percent in 2010. Interestingly, there was no recorded Hispanic identity under this surname in 2000, but by 2010, the Census reported 0.73 percent identifying as such. Meanwhile, there were no recorded instances of individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native during these years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.67%	97.66%	-0.01%
Two or More Races	0.83%	1.02%	22.89%
Hispanic	0%	0.73%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%