Ras

Various origins:

• Borrowed from Czech Raš and Polish Raś, a pet form of various Slavic personal names
• Borrowed from Spanish Ras, from ras (“level”); perhaps a topographic surname for someone who lived on flat land
• Borrowed from French and Catalan Ras, from ras (“shorn, peeled, bare”), hence a topographic surname for someone who lived on a barren or razed area
• Borrowed from Dutch Ras, nickname for a nimble person, from ras (“quick, swift”)

Ras (plural Rases)

1. A surname.
2. (rare) A male given name.
   • 2025 May 9, Max Matza, “New Jersey mayor arrested in protest at migrant centre”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     Newark Mayor Ras Baraka "committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings" to leave Delaney Hall, a facility being run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to acting US attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ras is the 34574^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 654 individuals. Ras is most common among White (75.69%), Asian/Pacific Islander (10.9%) and Hispanic/Latino (10.4%) individuals.

Ras

1. plural of Ra

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

• Ras Hafun

• ARS, ARs, ASR, RSA, SAR, Sar, Sar., ars, asr

Ras

1. a surname