Rake Family History
Rake Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived by a pass or
narrow valley, from Old English hraca ‘throat’, or a
habitational name from any of the minor places deriving their name
from this word, such as Rake in Devon or The Rake in Sussex.English and Dutch: from Middle English, Middle Dutch
rake ‘rake’, applied as a metonymic occupational name for a
maker of such implements or as a nickname for a tall thin man. (The
expression ‘lean as a rake’ is found in Chaucer.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Rake
Name Distribution of Rake Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Rake families
 30 - 58  11 - 29 |
 1 - 10  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Rake census records
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Rake Family Origin
Rake Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Rake Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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Military Service by Rake
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