Explore the Family Name Rawn

The meaning of Rawn

1. Irish: variant of Rowan. 2. Americanized form of Danish and Norwegian (of Danish origin) Ravn ‘raven’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Rawn has seen a slight decrease in popularity between the years 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the surname had a rank of 55,481 which slightly dropped to 60,196 by 2010, marking an 8.5% decrease. The number of people with this surname also decreased from 346 in 2000 to 335 in 2010, a reduction of 3.18%. Furthermore, the proportion of individuals with this surname per 100,000 people dipped from 0.13 to 0.11 over the same period, experiencing a 15.38% decline.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#55,481	#60,196	-8.5%
Count	346	335	-3.18%
Proportion per 100k	0.13	0.11	-15.38%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Rawn

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Rawn also saw changes between 2000 and 2010, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. The percentage of Asians/Pacific Islanders with this surname grew from 1.73% in 2000 to 2.69% in 2010, showing a significant increase of 55.49%. However, the proportion of individuals identifying as two or more races dropped to zero by 2010. The majority of the bearers of the surname were White, despite seeing a minor decrease from 95.95% to 92.54% over the ten-year period. Meanwhile, there was a small emergence of Hispanic bearers at 2.69% in 2010, whereas there were no recorded Hispanic bearers in 2000. There were no changes in the percentage of Black, American Indian, and Alaskan Native bearers during this period.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.95%	92.54%	-3.55%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.73%	2.69%	55.49%
Hispanic	0%	2.69%	0%
Two or More Races	1.73%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%