as a Last Name
- 6,663
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Rainwater
Meaning & Origins
Americanized form of the German family name Reinwasser, possibly a topographic name for someone who lived by a source of fresh water, from Middle High German reine ‘pure’ + wazzer ‘water’.
| 4,551st in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 6,663
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Arkansas
- has the most people named Rainwater per capita
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