Raven is used as a family name or surname in England, Netherlands. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Raven
No. of characters: 5
Origin: England, Netherlands
Meaning:

Raven is the form of Ravens. The genitive form of Raven.

A personal name derived from the bird, borne in the Danish standard. The Domesday of Leicestershire presents us with a tenant in chief called Raven- a true Scandinavian, doubtless. Rafn still exists in Denmark as a personal name, and is borne as a surname by a distinguished professor and archäologist of Copenhagen.

Ravens.

How popular is Raven?

Raven is common in United States, England, Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Germany, South Africa, New Zealand, Venezuela, Egypt, Wales.

Raven is ranked 36325 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Raven bearers increased by 5.45 per cent in 2010 US census to 3327 since 2000, the surname slipped by 285 spots and ranked at 9741. The last name was found in around 1 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 69.61 71.95
Black 21.64 21.24
Hispanic or Latino 4.45 2.85
Others 2.19 2.31
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.56 1.11
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.54 0.54
Raven is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Aruba is ahead in terms of density. Around 14534 people have been found who wears Raven as their family name. Raven is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Raven:
8,978 United States4,608
2,043 England4,040
1,225 Netherlands1,790
4,528 Canada1,039
Countries with hundreds of Raven:
4,209 Australia853
23,045 Germany401
18,832 South Africa320
2,965 New Zealand267
4,717 Venezuela195
32,813 Egypt153
2,581 Wales126
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,124 Panama97
6,198 Scotland62
26,724 Belgium56
34,138 Spain55
245,013 India52
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
118,227 Brazil48
529 Aruba28
2,454 Costa Rica26
10,313 Singapore26
25,592 Switzerland25
33,734 Mexico18
10,207 Ireland16
352,754 Thailand15
30,252 Zambia15
197,164 Philippines13
47,700 Israel12
83,447 Papua New Guinea11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
78,460 Zimbabwe10
7,955 China9
40,289 United Arab Emirates8
321,660 France8
26,217 Estonia8
488,268 Indonesia8
150,293 Malaysia7
50,907 Norway7
146,768 Poland7
8,069 Cambodia6
55,922 Qatar6
991 Gibraltar6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 25 years old immigrant Jacob Raven who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on February 5, 1849 by Arrick put out from London. Workwoman Ellen Raven, Immigrant Mary Raven, William Raven (35) Steward or Steward's-Of-Room, 25 years old Neome Raven, Samuel Raven, 32 years old Jno. Raven, are others that migrated to US.

From Germany

Bertha Raven from Germany aboard the Borussia from Hamburg on August 16, 1856. She is registered to be 62 years old when she arrived in USA. Caroline Raven (30), E.A. Raven, aged 37, 28 years old Elisabeth Raven, Dietrich Raven (20) Farmer, Johann Raven, aged 22, Minna Raven, 19 years old Herm. Raven, Heinr Raven (29) Farmer, Joh. Raven, Anna-M. Raven, aged 28, and 10 other Raven around 54.55% of whom were farmer migrated to US from Hamburg, Bremen, Hamburg & Southampton, Bremen & Southampton and Antwerp.

Raven Namesakes

  • Vincent Raven, English railway engineer
  • Charlotte Raven, British author and journalist
  • Andrew Raven, British conservationist and an influential contributor to modern land policy
  • Bertram Raven, American academic,
  • Luis Raven, former Venezuelan professional baseball outfielder
  • Kathleen Raven, British nurse, matron, government health official
  • Travis Raven, American football coach
  • Peter H. Raven, American botanist and environmentalist
  • Simon Raven, English novelist, essayist
  • Eddy Raven, musical artist
  • Marion Raven, Norwegian singer and songwriter
  • Ernst Raven, immigrant from Germany
  • Arlene Raven, feminist art historian, author, critic, educator
  • Abbe Raven, Acting Chairman of A+E Networks
  • Elsa Raven, American character actress
  • Mike Raven, British radio disc jockey, actor, sculptor, sheep farmer, writer
  • Charles Edmund Raven, Ontario merchant and political figure

Raven Namesakes

  • Vincent Raven, English railway engineer
  • Charlotte Raven, British author and journalist
  • Andrew Raven, British conservationist and an influential contributor to modern land policy
  • Bertram Raven, American academic,
  • Luis Raven, former Venezuelan professional baseball outfielder
  • Kathleen Raven, British nurse, matron, government health official
  • Travis Raven, American football coach
  • Peter H. Raven, American botanist and environmentalist
  • Simon Raven, English novelist, essayist
  • Eddy Raven, musical artist
  • Marion Raven, Norwegian singer and songwriter
  • Ernst Raven, immigrant from Germany
  • Arlene Raven, feminist art historian, author, critic, educator
  • Abbe Raven, Acting Chairman of A+E Networks
  • Elsa Raven, American character actress
  • Mike Raven, British radio disc jockey, actor, sculptor, sheep farmer, writer
  • Charles Edmund Raven, Ontario merchant and political figure

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