Raso Surname
Approximately 16,687 people bear this surname
Raso Surname User-submission:
An Italian or Spanish descriptive surname denoting someone with close-cropped hair, from the word raso, meaning 'level', 'smooth', 'bare'. The Italian name may also correspond word rasato, meaning 'shaven'. The Portuguese, Galician and Spanish habitational surnames are derived from any place called Raso in Portugal and A Coruña (in Galicia) and Ávila provinces in Spain.
Read More About This SurnameRaso Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 8,005 | 1:7,640 | 1,064 |
| United States | 1,571 | 1:230,719 | 22,219 |
| Spain | 1,392 | 1:33,586 | 3,371 |
| Canada | 802 | 1:45,942 | 5,642 |
| France | 790 | 1:84,079 | 11,948 |
| Argentina | 757 | 1:56,464 | 4,781 |
| Mexico | 613 | 1:202,490 | 5,446 |
| Pakistan | 609 | 1:293,340 | 6,209 |
| Australia | 473 | 1:57,073 | 6,959 |
| Brazil | 359 | 1:596,307 | 22,253 |
| Thailand | 159 | 1:444,266 | 77,821 |
| Indonesia | 158 | 1:837,020 | 63,356 |
| Philippines | 149 | 1:679,451 | 69,999 |
| India | 148 | 1:5,182,874 | 128,264 |
| Switzerland | 94 | 1:87,371 | 9,726 |
| Iran | 90 | 1:853,139 | 41,713 |
| Portugal | 75 | 1:138,910 | 6,177 |
| Papua New Guinea | 57 | 1:143,048 | 19,694 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 36 | 1:31,546 | 134 |
| Germany | 35 | 1:2,300,156 | 119,987 |
| England | 35 | 1:1,591,945 | 67,242 |
| Austria | 33 | 1:258,043 | 30,255 |
| Afghanistan | 27 | 1:1,190,859 | 10,584 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Venezuela | 17 | 1:1,776,710 | 22,419 |
| Uruguay | 14 | 1:245,126 | 18,218 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Peru | 12 | 1:2,648,677 | 28,015 |
| Chile | 12 | 1:1,468,040 | 24,959 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Taiwan | 10 | 1:2,344,475 | 14,894 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Slovakia | 8 | 1:667,056 | 68,191 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Croatia | 6 | 1:704,767 | 44,411 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Montenegro | 4 | 1:159,891 | 5,521 |
| Serbia | 3 | 1:2,381,649 | 30,913 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 29 | 1:1,731,679 | 89,620 |
The alternate forms: Rašo (238), Ráso (6), Raşo (1), Rásó (336), Rášo (43) & Rášó (4) are calculated separately.
Raso (18,618) may also be a first name.
Raso Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
An Italian or Spanish descriptive surname denoting someone with close-cropped hair, from the word raso, meaning 'level', 'smooth', 'bare'. The Italian name may also correspond word rasato, meaning 'shaven'. The Portuguese, Galician and Spanish habitational surnames are derived from any place called Raso in Portugal and A Coruña (in Galicia) and Ávila provinces in Spain.
- haffman97Raso Demographics
Average Male Raso Height
174.35 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Raso Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Raso Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Raso (Arabic: رصو, Georgian: რასო, Hindi: रासो, Marathi: रासो, Oriya: ରାେସା, Russian: Расо) has its highest incidence in Italy. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Rašo, Ráso, Raşo, Rásó, Rášo or Rášó. For other potential spellings of Raso click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Raso? popularity and diffusion
Raso is the 31,964th most numerous family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 436,720 people. Raso occurs predominantly in Europe, where 63 percent of Raso live; 57 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 48 percent live in Italic Europe. It is also the 39,883rd most frequent first name on earth, borne by 18,618 people.
It is most frequent in Italy, where it is carried by 8,005 people, or 1 in 7,640. In Italy Raso is primarily concentrated in: Calabria, where 44 percent live, Lazio, where 15 percent live and Piedmont, where 14 percent live. Apart from Italy this surname exists in 71 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 9 percent live and Spain, where 8 percent live.
Raso Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Raso has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 5,417 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Raso Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Raso surname are 2.68% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 55.91% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Raso earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 24.94% less than the national average, earning €22,540 per year; in Peru they earn 61.68% more than the national average, earning S/. 31,342 per year; in United States they earn 11.68% more than the national average, earning $48,187 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.21% more than the national average, earning $58,728 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Raso Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Raso in the Georgian language | ||
| რასო | raso | - |
| Raso in the Marathi language | ||
| रासो | raso | 96.38 |
| रसो | raso | 3.62 |
| Raso in the Hindi language | ||
| रासो | raso | 90.31 |
| रसो | raso | 8.81 |
| रसॊ | raso | 0.44 |
| रस्ओ | raso | 0.44 |
| Raso in the Oriya language | ||
| ରାେସା | raesa | 60 |
| ରାସ | rasa | 25 |
| ରାଷ | rasa | 5 |
| ରାଶ | rasa | 5 |
| ହାଷଲ୍ | hasal | 5 |
| Raso in the Russian language | ||
| Расо | raso | - |
| Raso in the Arabic language | ||
| رصو | rsw | - |
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