How common is the surname Rapoport?

1,286 people in the United States had the surname Rapoport in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 240,082 Americans. It ranked 20,601st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rapoport?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Rapoport identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Rapoport?

Samuel Mitja Rapoport, American biochemist (1912–2004).

Where is the surname Rapoport most common?

Wikidata records people named Rapoport in Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.

Is the surname Rapoport getting more or less common?

More common. 1,174 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,286 in 2010, up 9.5%.

The surname Rapoport

A surname, carried by 1,286 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex R116

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rapoport is more common than 87.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,286 people named Rapoport in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 240,082 Americans. That is up 9.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,174.

#20,601

rank among US surnames

1,286

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+9.5%

change since 2000 (was #20,898)

Who is named Rapoport

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Rapoport identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rapoports

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Samuel Mitja Rapoport
American biochemist (1912–2004)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rapoport

Rappaport

Rapoport has the Soundex code R116, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R116.

Questions

How common is the surname Rapoport?: 1,286 people in the United States had the surname Rapoport in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 240,082 Americans. It ranked 20,601st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rapoport?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Rapoport identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Rapoport?: Samuel Mitja Rapoport, American biochemist (1912–2004).
Where is the surname Rapoport most common?: Wikidata records people named Rapoport in Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
Is the surname Rapoport getting more or less common?: More common. 1,174 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,286 in 2010, up 9.5%.