# Rawe (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/rawe/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Middle English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 532 |
| US rank (2010) | 40,976 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 580,349 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.7% (513 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Two possible origins: * From Middle English rawe (“row”), a topographic surname for someone who lived by a hedgerow or in a row of houses. * From Middle English rawe (“raw”), a nickname for an ignorant or unskilled youth.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Rawe in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.5% |

## Similar surnames

Rowe, Rae, Raye, Rahe, Ra, Raw, Ray, Roy, Roe, Rea, Rao, Rau.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.