Raffel

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Raffel

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Etymology

• As a German surname, from the archaic Middle High German raffeln (“to be noisy”). Also compare Raff.
• As an English surname, variant of Rayfield.
• As a Scottish surname, variant of Revels.

Proper noun

Raffel (plural Raffels)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Raffel is the 36630^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 610 individuals. Raffel is most common among White (93.93%) individuals.

Further reading

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