The Rack Family History

This is a site where you can find information about the history of the Rack family.

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The Rack Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Rack
1841 Census 61
1851 Census 65
1861 Census 69
1871 Census 64
1891 Census 118

Most Frequent Forenames for the Rack Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census Total
WILLIAM Rack 8 9 7 8 8
JOHN Rack 5 6 7 7 3
MARY Rack 6 3 4 5 6
THOMAS Rack 7 4 4 5 2
ELIZABETH Rack 6 3 3 4 4
JOSEPH Rack 4 3 5 2 4
GEORGE Rack 3 5 5 1 3
SARAH Rack 5 2 2 3 0
JANE Rack 2 2 1 3 1
HANNAH Rack 1 2 1 1 1
MARTHA Rack 1 1 1 2 0
ABRAHAM L Rack 0 0 0 0 1
ADA Rack 0 0 0 0 1
AGNES J Rack 0 0 0 0 1
ALEXANDER Rack 0 0 0 0 1
ALFRED Rack 0 0 0 0 1
ALFRED J Rack 0 0 0 0 1
ALICE Rack 0 0 0 0 2
AMELIA Rack 0 0 0 0 1
ANN Rack 3 2 3 0 1

Etmology and History of the Surname: Rack

Search for the etymology and history of the surname Rack (information provided by www.BehindTheName.com).

Your Family History Search

You can use the forms below to do automatic searches for the Rack family online amongst birth, marriage and death records from 1837, plus census transcripts for 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891 and 1901


 


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