Last Name RAWSON

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Meaning The son of Ralph or Rauf, nickname Raw. Rawson has been a well known Yorkshire surname for the last seven hundred years.
A corruption of Ravenson, or it may be Ralph's son.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish, Zimbabwean, South african, Mauritian

Rank 5,076 (2000 US census) 5,329 (1990 US census)
Count 6,340 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 95.14%, or 6032 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 1.18%, or 75 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.65%, or 41 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.33%, or 21 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.29%, or 82 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.4%, or 89 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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