Frequency: (1828)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
German: nickname from Middle High German rab(e), rapp(e) ‘raven’. Compare Rapp 2.
GIVEN NAMES: German 4%. Otto (5), Johann (2), Kurt (2), Armin, Arno, Fritz, Gunter, Heinz, Ignatz, Ingeborg, Klaus, Lutz.
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