Rapaport Surname

185,683rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,282 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Rapaport Surname Definition:

“Raven (in Old German - ‘Raffe’) of Porto” (town in Northern Italy, near Mantua). Name assumed by famous Jewish family that settled there.

Rapaport Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,5281:237,21122,728
Argentina1331:321,37925,478
France1231:540,02273,838
England1131:493,08031,588
Canada781:472,37940,609
Chile421:419,44011,239
Australia371:729,61448,196
Brazil281:7,645,512174,288
Sweden231:428,12030,474
Spain171:2,750,12061,567
Russia151:9,608,204322,587
Poland151:2,533,917108,409
Jamaica141:204,9965,998
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Israel131:658,28045,106
Mexico101:12,412,62043,480
Costa Rica91:531,1194,381
Belarus71:1,357,29483,128
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Venezuela61:5,034,01343,431
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Peru41:7,946,03141,846
Panama31:1,304,08613,647
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Rapaport Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

“Raven (in Old German - ‘Raffe’) of Porto” (town in Northern Italy, near Mantua). Name assumed by famous Jewish family that settled there.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(Italian) The physician who came from Porto (gate), in Italy.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Rapaport Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Rapaport Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Rapaport (Russian: Рапапорт) occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rapaport? popularity and diffusion

The last name Rapaport is the 185,683rd most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 3,193,491 people. The surname Rapaport occurs mostly in The Americas, where 79 percent of Rapaport are found; 69 percent are found in North America and 68 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

It is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 1,528 people, or 1 in 237,211. In The United States it is primarily found in: New York, where 29 percent are found, California, where 14 percent are found and Florida, where 11 percent are found. Other than The United States it is found in 40 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 6 percent are found and France, where 5 percent are found.

Rapaport Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Rapaport has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Rapaport surname rose 38,200 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 11,300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Rapaport Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Jewish (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Rapaport last name are 40.04% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 93.27% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Rapaport earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 86.97% less than the national average, earning R 30,960 per year; in United States they earn 30.49% more than the national average, earning $56,307 USD per year and in Canada they earn 27.49% more than the national average, earning $63,339 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Rapaport Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rapaport in the Russian language
Рапапортrapaport-

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Rapaport Reference & Research

Rapoport FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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