How common is the surname Raab?

5,208 people in the United States had the surname Raab in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,283 Americans. It ranked 6,514th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Raab?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Raab identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Raab?

Julius Raab, Austrian chancellor and politician (1891-1964), followed by Chris Raab.

Where is the surname Raab most common?

Wikidata records people named Raab in Austria and the United States.

Is the surname Raab getting more or less common?

More common. 4,969 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,208 in 2010, up 4.8%.

The surname Raab

A German surname, carried by 5,208 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Raab is more common than 96% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Raab.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,208 people named Raab in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 59,283 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,969.

#6,514

rank among US surnames

5,208

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+4.8%

change since 2000 (was #6,312)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,510	Robin	5,212	59,237
#6,511	Melgoza	5,211	59,249
#6,513	Allgood	5,210	59,260
#6,514	Raab	5,208	59,283

Who is named Raab

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Raab identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Raabs

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Julius Raab
Austrian chancellor and politician (1891-1964)
Chris Raab
American television personality, born 1980
Susanne Raab
Austrian jurist and politician, born 1984
Herbert Raab
Austrian software engineer and amateur astronomer, born 1969

Notable Raabs come mostly from Austria (3) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Raab

Raab has the Soundex code R100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R100.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Raab come from?: Borrowed from German Raab.
How common is the surname Raab?: 5,208 people in the United States had the surname Raab in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,283 Americans. It ranked 6,514th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Raab?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Raab identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Raab?: Julius Raab, Austrian chancellor and politician (1891-1964), followed by Chris Raab.
Where is the surname Raab most common?: Wikidata records people named Raab in Austria and the United States.
Is the surname Raab getting more or less common?: More common. 4,969 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,208 in 2010, up 4.8%.