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

Raschke, 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 Raschke surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Raschke in America

Raschke is the 20910th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Raschke surname appeared 1,260 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 Raschke.

We can also compare 2010 data for Raschke 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 Raschke

The surname Raschke has its origins in Germany, dating back to the Middle Ages. It is believed to have originated from a Germanic word "rasch," which means "quick" or "swift." This suggests that the name may have originally referred to someone with a quick or agile nature.

The name Raschke is thought to have first appeared in the regions of Saxony and Silesia in the 13th and 14th centuries. These areas were part of the Holy Roman Empire and had a significant German-speaking population. The name may have also been adopted by families in neighboring regions such as Brandenburg and Pomerania.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Raschke can be found in the Liber Proscriptionum, a book of land records from the city of Görlitz in Silesia, dating back to the late 14th century. This document mentions a certain Nickel Raschke as a landowner in the year 1375.

In the 16th century, the name Raschke appeared in various town chronicles and parish records across eastern Germany. For example, a Hans Raschke was recorded as a citizen of the town of Zittau in Saxony in 1542.

One notable individual with the surname Raschke was Johann Gottfried Raschke, a German artist and engraver who lived from 1705 to 1776. He was renowned for his intricate copper engravings and worked extensively in Dresden and Berlin.

Another prominent figure was Friedrich Wilhelm Raschke, a German writer and journalist who was born in 1788 and died in 1858. He was known for his satirical works and was a vocal critic of the political establishment in Prussia during the early 19th century.

In the 19th century, the name Raschke was also found among German immigrants to the United States. For instance, Carl Raschke, born in 1820, was a farmer who settled in Wisconsin and became a prominent figure in the local German-American community.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name in the United States can be traced back to Johann Raschke, a German immigrant who arrived in Pennsylvania in the 1740s. He and his family settled in the area near present-day Reading, where they established a farm.

Another notable individual was Wilhelm Raschke, a German-American musician and composer who lived from 1842 to 1920. He was known for his contributions to the development of American marching band music and served as the bandmaster for several military bands during the Civil War era.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Raschke

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

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

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