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The rafuse Surname

rafuse Name Meaning and History

Of uncertain origin; found mainly in Nova Scotia. Possibly an altered spelling of German Rehfuss ‘deer foot’, a nickname for someone who was fleet of foot, or Raufuss, a nickname for a crude man from Middle High German ruh fuoz ‘hairy foot’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of rafuse Families in the US in 1920
Number of rafuse families
 25-47
 9-24		 1-8
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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i found Gearld Rafuse annettefoley381970 0
audrey mahon book tom rafuse 2
Rafuse, Peter and Catherine Westhaver SMB 0
Azariah (Edward) Daurie m. Emmeline (Emma) Rafuse of Lunenburg Co, NS DrgnMastr 11
Rafuse Famiy Name Rhonda Frank (Slauenwhite) 13
John Daniel Rafuse wbenjamin1 2
Rafuse in Nova Scotia Joanne Houghton 37
Emma/Hannah Rafuse of Lunenburg JenWoods150 0
Salome Rafuse brosa321 0
Salome ( Hahn) Rafuse brosa321 0
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