Raby is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Raby
No. of characters: 4
Origin: England
Meaning: Worn mostly in the Charente, this is undoubtedly a place name with the meaning of ravine. There is a hamlet in the Raby Bouteville (16). The meaning is probably the same in the Loire, where the name is also present (a stream is called Raby in the Puy-de-Dôme). Note however that there is a Holy Raby hamlet in the Gard (Ales), which suggests that it could also be a personal name. Finally, there are Raby in the Haute-Marne, with a somewhat uncertain direction. There is a Combe Raby in Cohons (52).

How popular is Raby?

Raby is common in England.

Raby is ranked 36388 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Raby bearers increased by 4.756434 per cent in 2010 US census to 4559 since 2000, the surname slipped by 232 spots and ranked at 7319. The last name was found in around 16 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 81.55 82.93
Black 13.05 12.66
Hispanic or Latino 2.15 1.42
Others 1.51 1.31
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.92 0.32
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.81 1.36
Raby is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Mauritania is ahead in terms of density. Around 13585 people have been found who wears Raby as their family name. Raby is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,892 Senegal9
13,220 Thailand6
9,097 Wales3
90,215 Germany3
10,686 Costa Rica3
14,054 China3
18,114 Algeria3
127,708 Czech Republic3
3,340 Jamaica3
1,418 Madagascar3
15,591 Burkina Faso2
4,413 Democratic Republic of The Congo2
26,123 Malaysia2
2,617 Cambodia2
9,185 Hong Kong2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
28,232 Morocco2
40,256 Mexico2
4,164 Vietnam2
7,191 Afghanistan1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
10,958 Bangladesh1
2,232 French Polynesia1
12,745 Luxembourg1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
11,510 Oman1
17,768 Pakistan1
9,591 Panama1
58,885 Poland1
24,176 Qatar1
36,814 Romania1
36,678 Singapore1
7,895 South Korea1
692 Guinea1
14,644 Tunisia1
12,270 Lebanon1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
95,259 Italy45
293,591 India37
15,412 Denmark34
52,947 Netherlands31
17,064 New Zealand31
43,662 Belgium30
36,547 Switzerland27
68,343 Spain23
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
104,075 Brazil64
8,082 Scotland59
17,601 United Arab Emirates54
Countries with hundreds of Raby:
8,811 Egypt613
1,936 Chile612
882 Mauritania422
9,626 Australia292
36,751 Argentina134
8,390 Israel130
43,624 South Africa110
Countries with thousands of Raby:
7,225 United States5,265
3,830 France2,082
2,750 Canada1,760
4,476 England1,656
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Comments

K
Kenny Crites
raby is a frequent surname in the Southwest Region, regional variant of Rabbi derived from raba, rave raves means the producer and merchant.

Raby Namesakes

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  • Siti Rabyah Parvati Sjahrir, Sutan Sjahrir's daughter
  • Philip Raby, Journalist
  • Ian Raby, Racing driver
  • Philip Raby, Journalist
  • Fiona Raby, Designer
  • Henry Raby, Armed force officer
  • Simon Raby, Film director
  • Julian Raby, Author

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