Surname Spotlight: Raskin

Raskin began as a Russian family name. In Elsdon Smith's reading, the name described “descendant, or son, of Rashe, a pet form of Rachel (the ewe)”.

Where the name comes from

In the records

According to the 2010 US Census, the Raskin surname had 2,216 bearers. It sits within the 25,000 most common last names in the country. 109 people born in France between 1891 and 2000 carried the Raskin name at birth. Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Ruskin.

Arms associated with the name

Sharing the Raskin name is not the same as sharing a crest; arms were granted to individual families.

Research your Raskin family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.