Rainbow Family History
Rainbow Name Meaning
English: altered form of an Old French personal name,
Rainbaut, composed of the Germanic elements ragin
‘counsel’ + bald ‘bold’, ‘brave’. The form of the name has been
affected by folk etymological association with the vocabulary word
rainbow. Compare Rammel, Raybould.Translation of the German and Ashkenazic Jewish surname
Regenbogen. The German name is a habitational name for someone
who lived at a house distinguished by the sign of a rainbow, Middle
High German regenboge. The Jewish name is ornamental from
German Regenbogen, one of the group of ornamental names based
on natural phenomena.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Rainbow Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Rainbow families
 13 - 23  5 - 12 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Rainbow families
|
132 - 262 45 - 131 |
1 - 44 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Rainbow last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Rainbow census records
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Rainbow Family Origin
Rainbow Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Rainbow
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Rainbow Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Rainbow census records
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Rainbow Civil War Service Records
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