Frequency: (118)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Swedish and Danish: nickname from rar ‘rare’.
2. German: East Prussian variant of Rohr.
GIVEN NAMES: German 6%; Scandinavian 5%. Fritz, Kurt; Knud.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
