Rapier Surname
Approximately 2,353 people bear this surname
Rapier Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,088 | 1:173,591 | 17,467 |
| Poland | 66 | 1:575,890 | 53,502 |
| England | 49 | 1:1,137,103 | 53,999 |
| Canada | 33 | 1:1,116,533 | 81,834 |
| Wales | 23 | 1:134,545 | 9,804 |
| Germany | 22 | 1:3,659,339 | 158,771 |
| Grenada | 12 | 1:9,045 | 775 |
| Belgium | 11 | 1:1,045,149 | 78,166 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 11 | 1:123,998 | 7,543 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| Saint Lucia | 4 | 1:44,695 | 2,207 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 35 | 1:696,439 | 33,013 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 195 | 1:257,532 | 21,220 |
Rapier (15) may also be a first name.
Rapier Demographics
Average Male Rapier Height
176.85 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Rapier Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rapier Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rapier is found most in The United States. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rapier? popularity and diffusion
The last name Rapier is the 180,955th most commonly held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 3,097,130 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 92 percent of Rapier live; 90 percent live in North America and 90 percent live in Anglo-North America. Rapier is also the 2,900,335th most widespread first name internationally, held by 15 people.
This surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 2,088 people, or 1 in 173,591. In The United States Rapier is most common in: Kentucky, where 11 percent live, Texas, where 10 percent live and Illinois, where 8 percent live. Apart from The United States Rapier occurs in 22 countries. It also occurs in Poland, where 3 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.
Rapier Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Rapier has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Rapier surname rose 1,071 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 140 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Rapier Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Rapier surname are 25.92% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 72.69% being registered with the political party.
The amount Rapier earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 88.18% less than the national average, earning R 28,092 per year; in United States they earn 2.88% less than the national average, earning $41,907 USD per year and in Canada they earn 53.82% more than the national average, earning $76,420 CAD per year.
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Rapier Reference & Research
Raper 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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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Rapier
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis