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There are approximately 5,055 people named Raven in the UK. That makes it the 2,078th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 80 are named Raven.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Nickname

Related and similar surnames

Ravens
Ravin
Rave
Ravn
Ravan
Raeven
Rafven
Rafen
Ravene
Raphen
Raifen
Raffen
Raevens
Raavens
Ravien
Ravno
Rafens
Rafun
Rafon
Rapheune
Raffun
Raffon
Rafuhn
Ravenue
Raphun

The Raven surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

RAVEN. A personal name derived from the bird, borne in the Danish standard. The Domesday of Leicestershire presents us with a tenant in chief called Raven — a ti-ue Scandinavian, doubtless. Rafn still exists in Denmark as a personal name, and is borne as a surname by a distinguished professor and archajologist of Copenhagen.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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