Explore the Family Name Rauh

The meaning of Rauh

1. German: variant of Rau. 2. Slovenian and Croatian: from German Rauch ‘smoke’. In part, it is an altered form of the Gottscheerish (i.e. Gottschee German) surname, but in part it is probably also used as a translation into German of the Slovenian surname Dim. Some characteristic forenames: German Helmut, Erwin, Fritz, Kurt, Maximilian, Wolf.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Rauh saw a slight decline in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 18,461st most popular surname, but by 2010, it had dropped to the 19,166th spot, a decrease of 3.82%. However, the number of people bearing this surname slightly increased from 1,381 to 1,417 during the same period, marking a 2.61% increase. As a proportion of the population per 100,000, the frequency of the surname Rauh decreased by 5.88%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#18,461	#19,166	-3.82%
Count	1,381	1,417	2.61%
Proportion per 100k	0.51	0.48	-5.88%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Rauh

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows some changes between 2000 and 2010. The percentage of individuals with the surname Rauh identifying as White decreased marginally by 0.64%, while there was an increase in those identifying as Hispanic (a rise of 29.89%). There was also a small increase among those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander and those of two or more races, with increases of 9.23% and 3.45% respectively. Notably, in 2010, percentages of Black and American Indian and Alaskan Native identities were recorded for the first time with the surname Rauh, at 0.56% and 0.42% respectively.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.6%	95.98%	-0.64%
Two or More Races	1.16%	1.2%	3.45%
Hispanic	0.87%	1.13%	29.89%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.65%	0.71%	9.23%
Black	0%	0.56%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.42%	0%