The Rahn surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,668 people carried this name — #6,054 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 52,100 people counted. That is down 5% from 5,952 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 163 people named Rahn 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.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 80
Formosa 62
Neuquén 11
Entre Ríos 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

102 people named Rahn live in Switzerland.

They live in 10 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

Zurich 40
Bern 13
Solothurn 11
St. Gallen 10
Basel-Landschaft 9
Aargau 5
Basel-Stadt 4
Thurgau 4

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 Poland’s population register

74 people named Rahn have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 111 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 8 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Kuyavian-Pomeranian.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Kuyavian-Pomeranian 36
Pomeranian 25
West Pomeranian 3
Lubusz 2
Łódź 2
Masovian 2
Warmian-Masurian 2
Greater Poland 2

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 39 people named Rahn.

11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Lot-et-Garonne.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 11
Lot-et-Garonne 9
Doubs 5
Rhône 4
Paris 3
Bas-Rhin 2
Moselle 2
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 1
Yvelines 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the Nordic population registers

48 people named Rahn is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 48

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).

In print

Rahn in American newspapers,
1902–1922.

Newspaper page from The Butte Inter Mountain carrying the name Rahn
The Butte Inter Mountain 1902-04-11
Newspaper page from The Washburn Times carrying the name Rahn
The Washburn Times 1922-09-28
Newspaper page from Rock Island Argus carrying the name Rahn
Rock Island Argus 1916-09-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 16,281 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Rahn in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1990s.

253 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Rahn. The most, 44, date from the 1930s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Western Australia, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 72
Queensland 62
South Australia 43
Western Australia 35
Victoria 29
ACT (Canberra) 7
Tasmania 5

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

Who carried it

People named Rahn,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Hans Rudolf Rahn
    Hans Rudolf Rahn 1594–1655 · mayor
  • Heinrich Rahn 1490–1548
  • Regula Rahn 1491–1570
  • Anna Rahn 1526–1585
  • Hans Rudolf Rahn 1560–1627 · mayor
  • Hans Heinrich Rahn 1593–1669 · mayor

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Rahn,
in the records of 8 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 States1,301 records

1,301 records of the Rahn name in the United States
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 745
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 215
  • Other U.S. records 341
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Richard J. Rahn

    Born 1921 in Pennsylvania. Enlisted 1942 at Harrisburg; mechanic. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1990, buried at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Pennsylvania.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Gottfried Rahn

    Arrived at New York in 1904 aboard the Moltke from Hamburg, aged 26; laborer. From Famulke, Russia; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Donald Keith Rahn

    Born 1947; from Erie, Pennsylvania. U.S. Navy, hospital corpsman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 1,301 records for Rahn in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Germany1,107 records

1,107 records of the Rahn name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 1,074
  • German emigration and citizenship files 31
  • Other German records 2
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Bruno Rahn

    Born 1887; from Königsberg i. Pr. Reported missing in the Prussian casualty list of 30 August 1918; then reported taken prisoner in the list of 4 December 1918 (Infantry Regiment No. 361).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Anton Rahn

    Left Konstanz for Switzerland in 1879.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg (CC0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Johann Christoph Rahn

    Estate settled at Dörflas in 1867; master weaver.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Staatsarchiv Bamberg (CC0)

Showing 3 of 1,107 records for Rahn in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0) · Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (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); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Switzerland266 records

266 records of the Rahn name in Switzerland
  • Zürich marriage records, 16th–18th centuries 263
  • Members of the Zürich cantonal parliament since 1803 3
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Jakob Rahn

    Married in 1617 in Stammheim, canton of Zürich; of Schlattingen Tg.

    Staatsarchiv des Kantons Zürich, Zürcher Ehedaten (CC BY 4.0)
  2. Zürich town hall on the Limmat, seat of the cantonal parliament, in 1891
    Pictured: Zürich town hall, 1891
    Public office David Rahn

    Born 1769. Member of the Zürich cantonal parliament; died 1848.

    Staatsarchiv des Kantons Zürich / Statistisches Amt des Kantons Zürich (open use)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Anna Maria Rahn

    Married in 1748 in Weiach, canton of Zürich; of Zürich.

    Staatsarchiv des Kantons Zürich, Zürcher Ehedaten (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 266 records for Rahn in Switzerland.

Counts: Staatsarchiv des Kantons Zürich, Zürcher Ehedaten (CC BY 4.0) · Staatsarchiv des Kantons Zürich / Statistisches Amt des Kantons Zürich (open use). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Zürich town hall, 1891, Zentralbibliothek Zürich (public domain).

Netherlands59 records

59 records of the Rahn name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 33
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 21
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 5
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Maximilian Rahn

    Died 1936 in Roosendaal - Nispen, aged 43; mechanic.

    Open Archives, West Brabants Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Friedrich Wilhelm Rahn

    Married in 1931 in Oldenzaal; fitter.

    Open Archives, Collectie Overijssel locatie Zwolle (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Johannes Gottlieb Friedrich Rahn

    Married in 1887 in Amsterdam; minister.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 59 records for Rahn 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).

Canada39 records

39 records of the Rahn name in Canada
  • City of Waterloo (Ontario) cemetery records 17
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 10
  • Other Canadian records 12
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Wanda Rahn

    Died 1996, aged 75; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record George B. Rahn

    Buried in 1963 at Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo, Ontario.

    Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Herman Rahn

    Died in service in 1917.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 39 records for Rahn in Canada.

Counts: Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

France14 records

14 records of the Rahn 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 Marguerite Jeanne Rahn

    Born 1922 in Germany; died 1999 in Metz (Moselle).

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

    Born 1952 in Germany; died 1992 in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône).

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

    Born 1905 in Besançon; died 1995 in Besançon (Doubs).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 14 records for Rahn 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).

Australia8 records

8 records of the Rahn name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 4
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 2
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 2
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record William Rahn

    Arrived in Victoria in 1852 aboard the Queen of England, aged 20; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Elmar Emil Rahn

    Educational officer of North Balwyn, Victoria; died 1966.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 8 records for Rahn in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Norway8 records

8 records of the Rahn name in Norway Norway's 1910 census
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Finn Rahn

    Census of 1910: Arupsgate, Kristiania; architect, born 1879 in Bærum.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Kathrine Elisabeth Rahn

    Census of 1910: Heimdalsgate, Kristiania; born 1899 in Berlin.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)

Showing 2 of 8 records for Rahn in Norway.

Counts: Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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