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    The surname Raposa

    A Portuguese surname, carried by 1,532 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex R120

    Raposa: #18,166 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Raposa #18,166, 1,532 people Raposa: #18,166 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Raposa #18,166, 1,532 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Raposa is more common than 88.8% of them.

    Origin

    Portuguese origin

    Borrowed from Portuguese Raposa.

    One of 71 Portuguese surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,532 people named Raposa in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 201,531 Americans. That is down 7.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,662.

    #18,166
    rank among US surnames
    1,532
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -7.8%
    change since 2000 (was #16,028)

    Who is named Raposa

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

    94% of people named Raposa identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Raposa

    Raposa has the Soundex code R120, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R120.

    Other Portuguese surnames

    All 71 Portuguese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Raposa come from?
    Borrowed from Portuguese Raposa.
    How common is the surname Raposa?
    1,532 people in the United States had the surname Raposa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 201,531 Americans. It ranked 18,166th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Raposa?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Raposa identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Raposa getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,662 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,532 in 2010, down 7.8%.
    What are other spellings of Raposa?
    Rapoza.