Ras

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ras"

English

Etymology 1

Various origins:

• Borrowed from Czech Raš and Polish Raś, a pet form of various Slavic personal names
• Borrowed from Spanish Ras, from ras (“level”); perhaps a topographic surname for someone who lived on flat land
• Borrowed from French and Catalan Ras, from ras (“shorn, peeled, bare”), hence a topographic surname for someone who lived on a barren or razed area
• Borrowed from Dutch Ras, nickname for a nimble person, from ras (“quick, swift”)

Proper noun

Ras (plural Rases)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ras is the 34574^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 654 individuals. Ras is most common among White (75.69%), Asian/Pacific Islander (10.9%) and Hispanic/Latino (10.4%) individuals.

Etymology 2

Noun

Ras

1. plural of Ra

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ras”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

See also

• Ras Hafun

Anagrams

• ARS, ARs, ASR, RSA, SAR, Sar, Sar., ars, asr

Dutch

Proper noun

Ras

1. a surname