Raven Family History
Raven Name Meaning
English and Scottish: from Middle English raven, used as
a nickname for a thievish or dark-haired person. In some cases it may
be from a personal name derived from this word, a survival into Middle
English of the Old Norse byname Hrafn or of an Old English
cognate name (Hræfn). A few early forms such as William
atte Raven (London 1344) suggest that it may also in part be
derived from a house sign.North German: from Middle Low German
rave(n) ‘raven’, a nickname or an old personal name. Compare 1
above.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Raven
Name Distribution of Raven Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Raven families
 241 - 479  81 - 240 |
 1 - 80  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Raven families
|
5 - 7 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Raven Family Origin
Raven Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Raven Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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