Rapp Surname

11,054th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50,814 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Rapp Surname Definition:

Germ, rapp, quick, swift of foot.

Rapp Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany21,8781:3,680400
United States20,7661:17,4542,210
France1,5521:42,7985,401
Sweden1,4681:6,708611
Austria8041:10,5911,441
Argentina4831:88,4967,454
Switzerland4401:18,6663,060
Nigeria3941:449,60122,976
Canada3841:95,95210,435
Australia2791:96,75910,970
Hungary2661:36,9034,017
England2341:238,11119,599
Brazil2241:955,68934,042
Poland1721:220,98128,861
Russia1571:917,98172,573
Spain1491:313,77218,634
Norway1321:38,9575,538
South Africa1171:463,05738,677
Mexico1061:1,171,00214,323
Ukraine821:555,15562,025
Finland761:72,3258,016
Thailand691:1,023,744155,957
Estonia691:19,1573,287
Netherlands571:296,26635,624
Italy561:1,092,08472,109
Kazakhstan541:327,45426,941
Czechia411:259,35334,723
Luxembourg321:18,1423,979
India321:23,970,793327,222
New Zealand261:174,16618,836
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Israel221:388,98331,283
Croatia221:192,20923,417
Denmark141:403,19427,097
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Scotland121:446,15118,166
Bolivia91:1,179,6045,290
Kyrgyzstan81:746,58248,952
Chile61:2,936,07935,997
China61:227,886,92811,701
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
Greece51:2,215,95891,893
United Arab Emirates51:1,832,45558,414
Taiwan41:5,861,18633,577
Cuba41:2,880,67910,064
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Montenegro31:213,1886,121
Namibia31:803,13415,170
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Slovakia31:1,778,817104,392
Serbia31:2,381,64930,913
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England931:262,10118,696
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,0441:12,4181,607

Rapp (149) may also be a first name.

Rapp Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Germ, rapp, quick, swift of foot.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Rap, in Danish, is swift, nimble. Rap, Dutch, nimble, quick; "rap gasten," a nimble fellow.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

From the German, Rapp; from the Flemish, Rappe; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Rapp Last Name Facts

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

Rapp (Russian: Рапп) is most common in Germany. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Rapp? popularity and diffusion

It is the 11,054th most widely held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 143,416 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 54 percent of Rapp reside; 49 percent reside in Western Europe and 45 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 754,880th most common given name globally, held by 149 people.

The last name is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 21,878 people, or 1 in 3,680. In Germany Rapp is most common in: Baden-Württemberg, where 62 percent reside, Bavaria, where 11 percent reside and Hesse, where 6 percent reside. Other than Germany Rapp exists in 79 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 41 percent reside and France, where 3 percent reside.

Rapp Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Rapp has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Rapp surname rose 514 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 252 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Rapp Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Rapp last name is principally Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland and Orthodox (83%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Rapp surname are 16.45% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 63.22% being registered with the political party.

The amount Rapp earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 2.63% more than the national average, earning 355,177 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 97.19% more than the national average, earning R 468,588 per year; in United States they earn 7.99% more than the national average, earning $46,595 USD per year and in Canada they earn 31.51% more than the national average, earning $65,336 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Raupp896,194/
Rappe894,534/
Rapps89528/
Hrapp898/
Reapp898/
Raipp895/
Rrapp895/
Rappf892/
Rappt891/
Rajpp891/
Rappp890/
Rhapp890/
Rap862,991/
Hrappe809/
Rhapps807/
Rauppe801/
Rauppp801/
Rajppt801/
Raippe801/
Rahp754,248/
Ropp753,535/
Raup753,225/
Raap753,122/
Rasp752,156/
Rape751,979/
Raps751,524/
Reap751,369/
Rajp75989/
Rapf75563/
Raip75432/
Raph75340/
Radp7547/
Rapt7521/
Rayp7515/
Rzap7512/
Hrap7512/
Ratp759/
Rapś756/
Rapz753/
Razp752/
Rrap751/
Rappová7339/
Rappova735/
Ra67412,855/
Rauph671,230/
Ruopp671,186/
Raspe671,108/
Reape67913/
Roupp67474/
Rajšp67461/
Roppe67450/
Raupe67272/
Rahup67255/
Rahap67137/
Raphe6753/
Raape6749/
Raups6743/
Raipe6733/
Rajsp6724/
Reaph6714/
Raisp6711/
Raiph6711/
Rapsh6711/
Rassp6710/
Reipp675/
Ropps675/
Rapss675/
Raypt674/
Rajps674/
Rachp673/
Rhape673/
Raišp673/
Raphs672/
Rajpe672/
Raaph671/
Rapfe671/
Rhaap671/
Raahp671/
Rasps671/
D'Rap671/
Rrape671/
Rashp671/
Rahph671/
Hropp671/
Rauppová671/
Rahhp671/
Rajtp671/
Rauup671/
Rapfh671/
Reaps671/
Rasph670/
Raapt670/
Roopp670/
Rapch670/
Raspt670/
Raaps670/

Rapp Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rapp in the Russian language
Раппrapp-

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Rapp Reference & Research

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Raap Y-DNA 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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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Rapp
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