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raison Name Meaning and History

English, Scottish, and French: nickname for an intelligent person, from Middle English, Old French raison ‘reasoning’, ‘intellectual faculty’ (Latin ratio, genitive rationis).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The raison name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the raison family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of raison Families in the US in 1920
Number of raison families
 6-10
 3-5		 1-2
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 16 - Messages: 53
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John and Elizabeth Raison, Tydd St. Giles, Camb., Eng. @@wnachtigal@twlakes.net 3
Raison in Essex Uk lynda joyce phipps 14
Raison de la Geneste family France/St Dom(Haiti)/NOLA-KY McArtogo2 0
Louis M.Raison m. Aramanthea K Young - Ky ArtHenderson74 4
Ernest RAISON/ RAYSON.Somerset/ Surrey/ and son in CANADA. C_ElKader 4
Raison? klc912 1
Frank Raison washington_kim 0
Beagle and Raisin Families, Cambridgeshire, England @@wnachtigal@twlakes.net 0
Emily Raison paulworwood 0
Hanry Raison Firbeck 0
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