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    The surname Rappa

    An Italian surname, carried by 1,296 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R100

    Rappa: #20,480 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rappa #20,480, 1,296 people Rappa: #20,480 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rappa #20,480, 1,296 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rappa is more common than 87.4% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    Borrowed from Italian Rappa.

    One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,296 people named Rappa in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 238,230 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,279.

    #20,480
    rank among US surnames
    1,296
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.3%
    change since 2000 (was #19,526)

    Who is named Rappa

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

    94% of people named Rappa identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Two or more races 0.5%
    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 Rappa

    Rappa has the Soundex code R100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R100.

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Rappa come from?
    Borrowed from Italian Rappa.
    How common is the surname Rappa?
    1,296 people in the United States had the surname Rappa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 238,230 Americans. It ranked 20,480th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rappa?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Rappa identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Rappa getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,279 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,296 in 2010, up 1.3%.