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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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Rau
Name Distribution of Rau Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Rau families
 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 Emigration Information (US)
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Rau Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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