Rase
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Frequency: (200)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Dutch: from the Germanic personal name Razo, a derivative of compound names with the first element rād ‘counsel’.
2. German: from an old field name, ros, ras, meaning ‘swamp’. There is a stream called Rase near Göttingen, which may also be a source of the surname.
3. German: from a short form of the personal name Erasmus (see Rasmus), or from a short form of a Slavic personal name with the first element rad. Compare Rasch 2.
4. South German (Räse): variant of Rass or Räss (see Ras 6).
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