Last Name WALRAVEN

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	The son of Walravin. The name does not seem to have obtained a strong footing in England, and possibly sone of the Wallravens are later immigrans from Scandinavia.

Origin	English, Dutch, Irish

Rank	15,154 (2000 US census)	11,769 (1990 US census)

Count	1,785 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

94.06%, or 1679 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0.45%, or 8 total occurrences, as black,
0.39%, or 7 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.74%, or 31 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.4%, or 25 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.96%, or 35 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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