How common is the surname Rapoza?

1,906 people in the United States had the surname Rapoza in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 161,986 Americans. It ranked 15,386th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Rapoza getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,924 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,906 in 2010, down 0.9%.

The surname Rapoza

A Portuguese surname, carried by 1,906 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). Rapoza is more common than 90.5% of them.

Origin

Portuguese origin

Variant of 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 1,906 people named Rapoza in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 161,986 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,924.

#15,386

rank among US surnames

1,906

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-0.9%

change since 2000 (was #14,283)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,380	Tolleson	1,907	161,901
#15,386	Leet	1,906	161,986
#15,391	Milliman	1,905	162,071

Who is named Rapoza

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

75% of people named Rapoza identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as two or more races and 6.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 75%
Two or more races 13%
Asian and Pacific Islander 6.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.9%

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

Surnames that sound like Rapoza

Rapoza 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 Rapoza come from?: Variant of Raposa.
How common is the surname Rapoza?: 1,906 people in the United States had the surname Rapoza in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 161,986 Americans. It ranked 15,386th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rapoza?: In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Rapoza identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as two or more races.
Is the surname Rapoza getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,924 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,906 in 2010, down 0.9%.