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

Rasche, 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 Rasche surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Rasche in America

Rasche is the 25701st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Rasche surname appeared 959 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 Rasche.

We can also compare 2010 data for Rasche 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 Rasche

The surname Rasche is believed to have originated in Germany, likely in the late Middle Ages or early modern period. It is thought to be derived from the Old German word "rasch," which means "quick" or "swift." This suggests that the name may have initially been a descriptive nickname given to someone who was particularly agile or fast-moving.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Rasche can be found in the Codex Diplomaticus Saxoniae, a collection of historical documents from Saxony dating back to the 12th century. In this collection, there is a reference to a man named Theodoricus Rasche in the year 1212.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, the Rasche surname appears to have been concentrated in various regions of northern and central Germany, particularly in areas such as Saxony, Thuringia, and Brandenburg. Some notable individuals from this time period include Johannes Rasche, a German theologian and Protestant reformer born in 1540, and Friedrich Rasche, a German composer and organist who lived from 1592 to 1665.

In the 18th and 19th centuries, the Rasche name began to spread more widely across Germany and into neighboring countries like Austria and Switzerland. One notable figure from this era was Carl Friedrich Rasche, a German philologist and educator who lived from 1782 to 1857.

As the Rasche family continued to grow and disperse throughout the centuries, the surname also took on various spelling variations, such as Raasche, Rascke, and Rascher. This was likely due to regional dialect differences and the inconsistent nature of surname spellings in earlier times.

Other notable individuals with the Rasche surname include Gustav Rasche, a German architect born in 1851, and Hans Rasche, a German painter and graphic artist who lived from 1879 to 1951. Additionally, there are records of a family named Rasche residing in the town of Hille, near Bielefeld, Germany, as early as the 16th century.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Rasche

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

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 Rasche 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 Rasche 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 Rasche was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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