Rak Family History
Rak Name Meaning
Polish Ukrainian Rusyn Belorussian Czech Slovak Slovenian Croatian Serbian Sorbian and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic); Hungarian (Rák): from Slavic rak ‘crayfish’ applied as an occupational name for someone who caught and sold crayfish or as a nickname to someone thought to resemble such a creature. The Sorbian surname is found mainly in Germanized forms Raak and Rack
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022