How common is the surname Raposo?

2,829 people in the United States had the surname Raposo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,136 Americans. It ranked 11,179th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Raposo?

In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Raposo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Raposo?

Joe Raposo, American composer (1937–1989), followed by Valentina Raposo.

Where is the surname Raposo most common?

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

Is the surname Raposo getting more or less common?

More common. 2,448 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,829 in 2010, up 16%.

The surname Raposo

A Galician surname, carried by 2,829 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex R120

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Raposo is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

Galician origin

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

One of 34 Galician surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,829 people named Raposo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 109,136 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,448.

#11,179

rank among US surnames

2,829

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+15.6%

change since 2000 (was #11,729)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,170	Gines	2,832	109,020
#11,172	Rothe	2,831	109,059
#11,174	Hornung	2,830	109,097
#11,179	Lucey	2,829	109,136
#11,183	Bruhn	2,828	109,175
#11,185	Olague	2,827	109,213

Who is named Raposo

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

80% of people named Raposo identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 80%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 17%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Raposos

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Joe Raposo
American composer (1937–1989)
Valentina Raposo
Argentine field hockey player, born 2003
Carlos Kaiser
Brazilian footballer (born 1963)

Notable Raposos come mostly from the United States (1), Argentina (1) and Brazil (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Rapozo

Surnames that sound like Raposo

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

Other Galician surnames

All 34 Galician surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Raposo come from?: Borrowed from Galician and Portuguese Raposo, from raposo (“fox”).
How common is the surname Raposo?: 2,829 people in the United States had the surname Raposo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,136 Americans. It ranked 11,179th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Raposo?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Raposo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Raposo?: Joe Raposo, American composer (1937–1989), followed by Valentina Raposo.
Where is the surname Raposo most common?: Wikidata records people named Raposo in the United States, Argentina and Brazil.
Is the surname Raposo getting more or less common?: More common. 2,448 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,829 in 2010, up 16%.
What are other spellings of Raposo?: Rapozo.