How common is the surname Rappaport?

2,841 people in the United States had the surname Rappaport in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 108,675 Americans. It ranked 11,146th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rappaport?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Rappaport identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Rappaport?

Ben Rappaport, American actor, followed by Herbert Rappaport.

Where is the surname Rappaport most common?

Wikidata records people named Rappaport in the United States, the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Rappaport getting more or less common?

More common. 2,804 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,841 in 2010, up 1.3%.

The surname Rappaport

A surname, carried by 2,841 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex R116

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

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,841 people named Rappaport in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 108,675 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,804.

#11,146

rank among US surnames

2,841

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+1.3%

change since 2000 (was #10,511)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,138	Henrich	2,843	108,599
#11,142	Getty	2,842	108,637
#11,146	Armand	2,841	108,675
#11,152	Lakes	2,840	108,713
#11,153	Litz	2,839	108,752
#11,154	Heyman	2,838	108,790

Who is named Rappaport

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

96% of people named Rappaport identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rappaports

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ben Rappaport
American actor, born 1986
Herbert Rappaport
Austrian-Soviet film director (1908-1983)
David Rappaport
Actor, musician, writer, director, teacher (1951-1990)
Roy Rappaport
American anthropologist (1926–1997)
Sheeri Rappaport
American actress, born 1977

Notable Rappaports come mostly from the United States (3), the Soviet Union (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Rapaport

Surnames that sound like Rappaport

Rapoport

Rappaport has the Soundex code R116, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R116.

Questions

How common is the surname Rappaport?: 2,841 people in the United States had the surname Rappaport in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 108,675 Americans. It ranked 11,146th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rappaport?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Rappaport identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Rappaport?: Ben Rappaport, American actor, followed by Herbert Rappaport.
Where is the surname Rappaport most common?: Wikidata records people named Rappaport in the United States, the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Rappaport getting more or less common?: More common. 2,804 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,841 in 2010, up 1.3%.
What are other spellings of Rappaport?: Rapaport.