Rave Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 1
Dorset 0
Durham 1
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 2
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 3
Leicestershire 5
Lincolnshire 0
London 11
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 3
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 1
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 3
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Rave Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Rave family

Profession Census Frequency
General Servant Domestic 1
Governess 1
Pauper 1
Cotton Merchants Sales Boy Port 1
Tallow Chandler 1
Telegraphist G P O 1
Soldier 1
Groces Assistant 1
Railway Station Master 1
Bricklayer 1
Retired Station Master Railway 1
Grocer Packer 1
Getter Off Own Machine Bootmaker 1
Governess Domestic 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Rave

Name Census Frequency
John Rave 16
William Rave 12
Mary Rave 11
Sarah Rave 11
Elizabeth Rave 8
Henry Rave 8
Charles Rave 5
Margaret Rave 5
Thomas Rave 5
Edward Rave 4
Eliza Rave 4
Samuel Rave 4
Alfred Rave 3
Alice Rave 3
Anne Rave 3
Arthur Rave 3
Daniel Rave 3
Edith Rave 3
Ellen Rave 3
Frederick Rave 3
James Rave 3
Ann Rave 2
Caroline Rave 2
Ernest Rave 2
Esther Rave 2

Rave Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Reeve 60% 49,821
2 Reave 80% 1,248
3 Rive 75% 715
4 Reve 75% 420
5 Reive 60% 373
6 Rove 75% 352
7 Rave 100% 192
8 Revie 60% 179
9 Riva 50% 143
10 Reev 25% 128

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The surname Rave is the 7th most popular variant of Reeve.

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