Ravenel

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Ravenell

Etymology

Borrowed from French Ravenel.

Proper noun

Ravenel (countable and uncountable, plural Ravenels)

1. A surname from French.
2. A town in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ravenel is the 36379^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 615 individuals. Ravenel is most common among Black/African American (68.62%) and White (27.32%) individuals.

Further reading

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