# Raposo (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/raposo/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Galician |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,829 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,179 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 109,136 people |
| Change since 2000 | +16% (2,448 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Rapozo |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Galician and Portuguese Raposo, from raposo (“fox”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Raposo in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 80% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 17% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Raposo in the United States, Argentina and Brazil.

## People named Raposo

- Joe Raposo, American composer (1937–1989)
- Valentina Raposo, Argentine field hockey player
- Carlos Kaiser, Brazilian footballer (born 1963)

## Similar surnames

Rapoza, Raposa, Reeves, Rivas, Reaves, Reavis, Roebuck, Rives, Revis, Rabago, Rybak, Rybicki.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.