The Raba surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 344 people carried this name — #58,876 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is up 3% from 334 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Raba surname
From rąb, rąbać.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Rąba» (Polish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
766 people named Raba have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 882 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 14 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Subcarpathian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 219 people named Raba.
11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Gironde.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 79 people named Raba live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
56 people named Raba live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
22 people named Raba is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Raba,
with a public archive behind them.
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Francisco Henriques Nunes Raba 1686–1742 · grocer
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Amélie Raba 1838–1896 · philanthropist
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Louise Raba 1847–1903
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Marguerite Raba 1854–1950 · philanthropist
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Ernest A. Raba 1912–2007 · social scientist
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Václav Raba 1915–2000
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Raba.
When the index is not enough
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