Explore the Family Name Records

The meaning of Records

English: variant of Record, with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

Based on data retrieved from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname "Records" saw a slight decrease between the years 2000 and 2010. Back in 2000, the surname was ranked 26,642nd most popular and by 2010, it had fallen to 28,001st, marking a 5.1% drop in its rank. There was also a minimal decrease in the count of people carrying the "Records" surname, dropping from 860 in 2000 to 856 in 2010, a decline of 0.47%. The proportion per 100,000 individuals likewise decreased by 9.38%, moving from 0.32 in 2000 to 0.29 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#26,642	#28,001	-5.1%
Count	860	856	-0.47%
Proportion per 100k	0.32	0.29	-9.38%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Records

The ethnicity associated with the surname "Records" also showed some fluctuations over the same decade, as shown by the Decennial U.S. Census data. The percentage of Asian/Pacific Islander individuals with this surname decreased by almost a quarter, from 0.93% in 2000 to 0.70% in 2010. However, there was a notable increase in the percentage of those identifying as Two or More Races, soaring from 1.05% to 2.22%, marking a change of 111.43%. The majority of people with this surname identified as White, although there was a slight reduction from 95.93% in 2000 to 94.16% in 2010. Hispanic representation within the "Records" surname rose by 33.57%, moving from 1.4% to 1.87%. There were no Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native individuals reported with this surname during these census years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.93%	94.16%	-1.85%
Two or More Races	1.05%	2.22%	111.43%
Hispanic	1.4%	1.87%	33.57%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.93%	0.7%	-24.73%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%