Raison Family History
Raison Name Meaning
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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Name Distribution of Raison Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Raison families
 6 - 10  3 - 5 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Raison families
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49 - 96 17 - 48 |
1 - 16 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Raison families
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3 - 4 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Raison Family Origin
Raison Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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Raison Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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