Rapoport Surname

81,329th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,974 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Rapoport Surname Definition:

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

Rapoport Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,1141:171,45617,304
Israel1,4931:5,732867
Russia5901:244,27626,018
Ukraine2871:158,61621,961
Canada2141:172,17617,252
Argentina2021:211,60117,444
France1911:347,76352,251
Germany1231:654,51651,119
Uzbekistan981:315,6038,608
Lithuania981:30,9655,432
Brazil881:2,432,66374,473
England841:663,31038,317
Latvia821:25,0013,819
Australia691:391,24231,907
Estonia421:31,4725,782
Belarus391:243,61729,148
Mexico371:3,354,76224,142
South Africa281:1,934,91888,980
Belgium161:718,54060,840
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Moldova81:445,17130,722
Denmark71:806,38843,211
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Wales61:515,75523,171
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Peru31:10,594,70845,902
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Rapoport (15) may also be a first name.

Rapoport 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

Rapoport Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rapoport (Russian: Рапопорт) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Rapoport.

How Common Is The Last Name Rapoport? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 81,329th most frequent family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 1,219,877 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 45 percent of Rapoport reside; 40 percent reside in North America and 38 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Rapoport is also the 2,900,335th most widespread first name at a global level. It is borne by 15 people.

The surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 2,114 people, or 1 in 171,456. In The United States Rapoport is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 22 percent are found, California, where 20 percent are found and Illinois, where 8 percent are found. Besides The United States it exists in 47 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 25 percent are found and Russia, where 10 percent are found.

Rapoport Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Rapoport has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 211,400 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 8,400 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Rapoport Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Rapoport last name is primarily Orthodox (70%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Rapoport last name are 42.11% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 95.34% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Rapoport earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 547.5% more than the national average, earning R 1,538,700 per year; in United States they earn 37.13% more than the national average, earning $59,170 USD per year and in Canada they earn 37.18% more than the national average, earning $68,154 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Rapoport Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rapoport in the Russian language
Рапопортrapoport-

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Rapoport 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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Footnotes

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