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    The surname Raabe

    A German surname, carried by 1,864 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R100

    Raabe: #15,663 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Raabe #15,663, 1,864 people Raabe: #15,663 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Raabe #15,663, 1,864 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Raabe is more common than 90.3% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    The surname is of Old Prussian origin, itself borrowed from German Rabe (“raven”). More at Raabe.

    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 1,864 people named Raabe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 165,636 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,868.

    #15,663
    rank among US surnames
    1,864
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.2%
    change since 2000 (was #14,612)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,658Matzke1,865165,547
    #15,663Bert1,864165,636
    #15,669Donaghy1,863165,725

    Who is named Raabe

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

    95% of people named Raabe identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Raabe

    Raabe 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 Raabe come from?
    The surname is of Old Prussian origin, itself borrowed from German Rabe (“raven”). More at Raabe.
    How common is the surname Raabe?
    1,864 people in the United States had the surname Raabe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 165,636 Americans. It ranked 15,663rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Raabe?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Raabe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Raabe getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,868 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,864 in 2010, down 0.2%.