Frequency: (941)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Variant spelling of French Rachel. This is a frequent surname in LA.
FOREBEARS: Bearers of the name in LA claim descent from Pierre Rachal, a native of the Saintonge region of France, who appears to have been in Natchitoches Post around 1722. He bore the secondary surname St Denis.
GIVEN NAMES: French 4%. Jacques (2), Armelle, Chantel, Clotile, Colette, Eulice, Germaine, Numa.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
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