Rawls

English

Etymology 1

Patronymic from a medieval form of the personal name Ralph.

Proper noun

Rawls (plural Rawlses)

1. A surname transferred from the given name.

Derived terms

• Rawlsian

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Rawls is the 3074^th 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

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

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Rawls

1. plural of Rawl