as a Last Name
- 1,506
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Rast
Meaning & Origins
Swiss and German: habitational name from a place named Rast, for example near Messkirch, interpreted by Brechenmacher as meaning ‘resting place’, ‘stopping place’ (Middle High German reste), but by Bahlow as a term denoting water or marsh. In some cases the surname may be topographic in origin.
| 16,573rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,506
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- South Carolina
- has the most people named Rast per capita
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