Raes is a Dutch patronymic surname most common in East Flanders. The archaic given name Raes or Raas was short for Erasmus or was a derivative the Middle Dutch male name Razo.Raas at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.Raas at the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands People with this surname include:
Albert Raes (born 1932), Belgian magistrate and head of the Belgian Security Services Anouk Raes (born 1988), Belgian field hockey player Godfried-Willem Raes (born 1952), Belgian composer, performer and instrument maker Hugo Raes (1929–2013), Belgian novelist Maurice Raes (1907–1992), Belgian racing cyclist Roeland Raes (1934–2024), Belgian jurist and politician Tom Raes (born 1988), Belgian footballer
See also Jan Raas (born 1952), Dutch cyclist Ras (surname), surname of the same origin Rae (disambiguation) RAeS, the British Royal Aeronautical Society 9797 Raes, asteroid named after Hugo Raes The Raes, Welsh-Canadian singing duo who had a television show of the same name Raes Junction, small settlement in New Zealand
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