Explore the Family Name Raue

The meaning of Raue

German: variant of Rau. Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Siegfried.

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How common is the last name Raue in the United States?

The surname Raue, as per the data derived from the Decennial U.S. Census, saw a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. Its rank dropped from 68,782 in 2000 to 74,375 in 2010, marking an 8.13% decrease. The total count of individuals carrying this surname also fell slightly, from 267 in 2000 to 260 in 2010, which is a reduction of about 2.62%. The proportion of people with the Raue surname per 100k residents also witnessed a decline of 10%, moving from 0.1 in 2000 to 0.09 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#68,782	#74,375	-8.13%
Count	267	260	-2.62%
Proportion per 100k	0.1	0.09	-10%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Raue

In terms of ethnic identity, the Raue surname has majorly been associated with people of White ethnicity, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. However, there was a minor decrease of approximately 2.63% in this association from 2000 to 2010, reducing from 94.01% to 91.54%. On the other hand, the percentage of individuals who identified as Hispanic with the Raue surname increased by 17.56% during the same period. Interestingly, in 2010, the surname also appeared amongst the American Indian and Alaskan Native community, while it was absent in 2000. In contrast, the Asian/Pacific Islander community that had a small percentage (1.87%) of the Raue surname in 2000, no longer held it in 2010. There was no representation of this surname within the Black ethnic group or those identifying with two or more races during either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.01%	91.54%	-2.63%
Hispanic	2.62%	3.08%	17.56%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	2.69%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.87%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%