as a Last Name
- 8,381
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Rau
Meaning & Origins
German: nickname for a ruffian, earlier for a hairy person, from Middle High German rūch, rūhe, rouch ‘hairy’, ‘shaggy’, ‘rough’.
| 3,664th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 8,381
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- North Dakota
- has the most people named Rau per capita
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