The Rabon surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,112 people carried this name — #8,049 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 71,900 people counted. That is up 4% from 3,946 in 2000.

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In print

Rabon in American newspapers,
1892–1928.

Newspaper page from Washington Journal carrying the name Rabon
Washington Journal 1892-03-26
Newspaper page from The Indianapolis Times carrying the name Rabon
The Indianapolis Times 1928-05-25
Newspaper page from The Cordele Dispatch And Daily Sentinel carrying the name Rabon
The Cordele Dispatch And Daily Sentinel 1923-06-25

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,080 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Rabon in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1940s.

64 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Rabon. The most, 37, date from the 1900s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Western Australia, at 5.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Western Australia 34
New South Wales 13
Queensland 8
South Australia 4
Victoria 3
Tasmania 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Rabon.

Who carried it

People named Rabon,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Israel Rabon
    Israel Rabon 1900–1941 · writer
  • Pierre Rabon 1619–1684 · painter
  • Nicolas Rabon 1644–1686 · painter
  • Mike Rabon 1943–2022 · guitarist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 6 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Rabon,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States149 records

149 records of the Rabon name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 110
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 29
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 5
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Elbert O. Rabon

    Born 1919 in Alabama. Enlisted 1941 at Fort Barrancas, Florida; farm hand from Houston County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1994, buried at Florida National Cemetery, Florida.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Joseph Levern Rabon

    Born 1947; from Charleston Heights, South Carolina. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1966 in South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Pater Rabon

    Arrived at New York in 1862 aboard the Thornton from Liverpool, aged 30; mariner. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 149 records for Rabon in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

France8 records

8 records of the Rabon name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Gabriel Emile Rabon

    Born 1905 in Paris; died 1994 in Batilly-en-Gâtinais (Loiret).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Clemence Rabon

    Born 1920 in Algeria; died 2000 in La Garde (Var).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jay Rabon

    Born 1946 in the United States; died 1997 in Vico (Corse).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 8 records for Rabon in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Netherlands4 records

4 records of the Rabon name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 2
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 2
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Johannes Laurentius Christianus Rabon

    Died 1940 in Brunssum; born in Brunssum.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Elisabeth Maria Adriana Rabon

    Married in 1913 in 's-Hertogenbosch.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Bertha Rabon

    In the population register of Amsterdam; born 1860 in Carthaus.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Amsterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Rabon in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Germany2 records

2 records of the Rabon name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Karl Rabon

    From Ndr. Wiesenthal, Militsch. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 12 August 1915.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Wilhelm Rabon

    From Ober Wiesenthal, Militsch. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 6 March 1918.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

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