Rau Family History
Rau Name Meaning
German: nickname for a ruffian, earlier for a hairy person,
from Middle High German ruch, ruhe, rouch
‘hairy’, ‘shaggy’, ‘rough’.English: from a medieval
personal name, a variant of Ralph.Italian
(Sicily): from a local variant of the personal name Rao, an old
form of Ra(o)ul, composed of the Germanic elements rad
‘counsel’, ‘advice’ + wolf ‘wolf’. Compare Ralph.Indian: variant of Rao.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Rau Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Rau families
 41 - 79  14 - 40 |
 1 - 13  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Rau families
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6 - 9 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Rau Family Origin
Rau Immigration Information
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Rau Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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