Rau is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Rau
No. of characters: 3
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Rau

How popular is Rau?

Rau is common in United States.

Rau is ranked 8278 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Raus grew by 9.173977 per cent to 8961 since 2000 and ranked 3968 after elevating 7 spots. The last name was found in around 30 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 90.97 92.24
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 3.11 3.65
Hispanic or Latino 2.22 1.5
Black 1.7 1.12
Others 1.64 1.11
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.36 0.38
Rau is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany while Papua New Guinea is ahead in terms of density. Around 65465 people have been found who wears Rau as their family name. Rau is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
8,258 Armenia8
3,608 Maldives4
6,270 Hong Kong3
6,774 Slovenia3
2,754 Namibia3
14,078 Japan3
9,077 Lithuania3
7,574 Bangladesh2
261 Vanuatu2
34,681 Norway2
12,844 Pakistan2
5,442 Turkmenistan2
6,977 Tajikistan2
37,372 Georgia2
19,046 Ireland2
89,020 Tanzania2
2,877 Cuba1
30,360 Thailand1
9,116 Nicaragua1
15,162 Costa Rica1
29,774 Venezuela1
28,365 Kenya1
49,529 Israel1
3,586 Honduras1
42,479 Greece1
25,746 Finland1
3,350 Fiji1
11,486 Estonia1
3,993 El Salvador1
6,688 Malawi1
2,309 Monaco1
38,830 Morocco1
53,505 Turkey1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
971 Seychelles1
38,841 Scotland1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
66,560 Philippines1
3,275 Nepal1
5,916 Mozambique1
799 British Virgin Islands1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
8,316 Portugal46
32,015 Czech Republic43
1,588 Luxembourg40
8,720 Qatar29
25,758 Kyrgyzstan22
55,829 Zimbabwe16
3,922 China11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
28,801 Netherlands84
14,205 Sweden65
5,963 Latvia58
17,601 United Arab Emirates54
5,773 Singapore53
25,079 Belarus51
Countries with hundreds of Rau:
1,335 Bolivia924
5,488 Canada794
3,166 Malaysia784
9,170 Poland668
15,193 France625
10,268 South Africa621
4,349 Kazakhstan605
17,567 Italy593
4,679 Peru570
856 Moldova541
2,584 Switzerland432
11,329 Mexico393
2,888 Chile378
8,043 Australia355
4,065 Austria288
18,862 England285
6,453 Belgium282
16,350 Spain197
3,366 Denmark177
6,726 Slovakia155
5,186 New Zealand147
37,373 Ukraine141
8,668 Hungary131
5,943 Ecuador115
4,506 Uruguay110
Countries with thousands of Rau:
189 Papua New Guinea3,487
285 Taiwan2,318
1,030 Vietnam2,186
1,258 Romania1,962
10,087 Russia1,800
22,732 India1,766
10,155 Brazil1,351
3,975 Argentina1,284
9,936 Indonesia1,280
Countries with ten thousands of Rau:
190 Germany26,057
3,627 United States11,021
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 22 years old farmer Margaretta Rau and 20 years old farmer Marian Rau who were residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on July 11, 1851 by Midas put out from Liverpool.

From Italy

Laborer Raffaele Rau from Fiumefreddo, Italy aboard the Britannia from Marseilles & Naples. He is registered to be 24 years old when he arrived in New York on April 20, 1894.

Comments

L
Lourdes Kollman
rau is a Catalan name, represents a medieval form derived from the Hebrew rabi rabbi name of dignity employed as a nickname.

Rau Namesakes

  • Aanand Raut, Film director
  • Abdur Rauf, Cricket Bowler
  • Abdur Rauf, Author
  • Abhishek Raut, Cricketer
  • Sonali Raut, Model
  • Aija Raubiško, Musical Artist
  • Ako Rauf, Actor
  • Okka Rau, Olympic athlete
  • Benjamín Rausseo, Stand-up comedian
  • Hanns Albin Rauter, Political leader
  • Rebecca L. Rau portrayed the pivotal role of Lulu in 0 drama movie The Last Chapter.
  • Amanda Rau, from 2018 action and comedy flick An Hour to Kill, who portrayed the segment "Valkyrie's Bunker".

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