Rawls
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Patronymic from a medieval form of the personal name Ralph.
Proper noun edit
Rawls (plural Rawlses)
- A surname transferred from the given name.
Derived terms edit
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Rawls is the 3074th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 11679 individuals. Rawls is most common among White (52.85%) and Black/African American (41.6%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rawls”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Etymology 2 edit
Proper noun edit
Rawls