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Early Origins of the Raval family

The surname Raval was first found in Languedoc, where the family has held a family seat since very early times.

Early History of the Raval family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Raval research. Another 472 words (34 lines of text) covering the years 1164, 1500, 1521, 1573, 1625, 1668 and 1706 are included under the topic Early Raval History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Raval Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Rivals, Rival, Rivalls, Rivale, Rivales, Rivals de, Rhivals, Rivell, Rivas, Rivalles, Rivalle, Rivel, Rivalls de, Rhival, Rhivalls, Rhivale, Rhivales, Rhivals, Rhivalle and many more.

Early Notables of the Raval family

Another 29 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Raval Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Migration of the Raval family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Christopher Rivell settled in Quebec in 1658.


Contemporary Notables of the name Raval (post 1700) +

  • Mr. Kumar Sureshchandra Raval O.B.E., British Founder of Faith in Leadership, was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire on 8th June 2018, for services to Leadership Education and to Inter-faith Cohesion 1
  • Cesar Castro Raval S.V.D. (1924-2017), Filipino Roman Catholic bishop, Bishop of Bangued (1988-1992)


  1. "Birthday and New Year Honours Lists (1940 to 2019)." Issue 62507, 28 December 2018 | London Gazette, The Gazette, Dec. 2018, www.thegazette.co.uk/honours-lists


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