Raap Last Name Facts and Heraldry

Ancestors listed as Raap are often found as Raab a generation earlier. Its meaning, shared with Raab, is “Raven”.

Spelling and variants

Records show Raap as one of the forms Raab took over time. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. The same family of names includes Raaf and Rabe.

How common is Raap?

Raap ranked 35,721 in the 2010 US Census, with 629 people answering to the name. That puts it inside the top 50,000 US surnames.

Family crest and blazon

Arms linked to Raab and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Get the complete Raap report, with a museum-style coat of arms.