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Ras Surname Meaning

Dutch: from the ancient Germanic personal name Razo, a derivative of compound names with the first element rād ‘counsel’. Polish (Raś) and Czech (Raš): from a short form of any of various Slavic personal names with the first element rad ‘merry glad’ or rat ‘battle’, especially Polish Radosław and Czech Radoslav.

The homonymous Sorbian surname Raš is found in Germanized forms only (see Rasch and Rasche). Compare Rash. German: variant of Rase.

French: nickname for someone with closely cropped hair from Old French rasé ‘shaven’ (from Latin rasus). Catalan and southern French: topographic name for someone who lived on bare barren land from Catalan and Occitan ras ‘shorn bare peeled’.

Spanish: from ras ‘level’ (ultimately from Latin radere ‘to scrape’), perhaps a topographic name for someone who lived on flat land.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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You can see how Ras families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Ras family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Ras families were found in USA in 1920. In 1891 there were 26 Ras families living in Glamorgan. This was about 45% of all the recorded Ras's in United Kingdom. Glamorgan had the highest population of Ras families in 1891.
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What did your Ras ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, Unpaid Domestic Duties was the top reported job for people in the United Kingdom named Ras. 100% of Ras women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties.

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Top Female Occupations In 1939

  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
    100%

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What is the average Ras lifespan?

Between 1958 and 2004, in the United States, Ras life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1969, and highest in 1997. The average life expectancy for Ras in 1958 was 51, and 80 in 2004.

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