Find out how popular the last name Rackauskas is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Rackauskas.

Rackauskas, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Rackauskas surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Rackauskas in America

Rackauskas is the 145220th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Rackauskas surname appeared 114 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Rackauskas.

We can also compare 2010 data for Rackauskas to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Rackauskas

The surname Rackauskas originates from Lithuania and dates back to the 16th century. It is a patronymic surname derived from the Lithuanian personal name Rackas. The root of this name likely comes from the Lithuanian word "raktas," meaning "key."

Rackauskas is a common surname found in historical records from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, especially in the regions of Vilnius, Kaunas, and Šiauliai. One of the earliest recorded instances of this surname is found in a church register from the town of Kėdainiai in 1587.

During the 17th and 18th centuries, the Rackauskas surname appeared in various legal documents and land records from the Lithuanian nobility. In 1645, a nobleman named Jonas Rackauskas was mentioned in a deed of sale for a parcel of land near the town of Ukmergė.

The Rackauskas surname has been associated with several notable individuals throughout history. One of the earliest was Mykolas Rackauskas, a Lithuanian writer and translator who lived from 1744 to 1818. He was known for his translations of classical works into the Lithuanian language.

Another prominent figure was Juozas Rackauskas (1868-1941), a Lithuanian priest and activist who played a significant role in the Lithuanian national revival movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

In the 20th century, Antanas Rackauskas (1892-1957) was a Lithuanian diplomat and politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania from 1939 to 1940.

Jonas Rackauskas (1905-1983) was a renowned Lithuanian painter and art critic known for his landscapes and still-life paintings.

More recently, Vytautas Rackauskas (born 1957) is a Lithuanian chess Grandmaster and former World Chess Championship challenger.

While the Rackauskas surname is most commonly found in Lithuania, it has also spread to other parts of the world due to migration and diaspora communities. However, its roots can be traced back to the historic regions of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, where it has been documented for centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Rackauskas

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Rackauskas.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Rackauskas was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Rackauskas has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Rackauskas was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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