Frequency: (833)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
German: variant of Rabe.
GIVEN NAMES: German 6%. Otto (3), Volker (3), Erwin (2), Kurt (2), Ewald, Fritz, Gerhard, Guenter, Hans, Klaus, Willi.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
