Explore the Family Name Rapoport

The meaning of Rapoport

Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Rappaport. Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Faina, Hyman, Yakov, Yosef, Aron, Avrohom, Bentsion, Blyuma, Dov. Russian Mikhail, Boris, Leonid, Aleksandr, Lev, Vladimir, Yefim, Yuriy, Arkady, Asya, Betya, Daniil.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Rapoport in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Rapoport saw a slight increase in popularity from 2000 to 2010. The rank of the name improved from 20,898 in 2000 to 20,601 in 2010, marking a 1.42% change. Similarly, the count of people with this surname grew by 9.54%, from 1174 to 1286 individuals within the same decade. However, the proportion per 100k remained unchanged at 0.44, indicating that the overall population growth may have offset the increased count of the surname.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#20,898	#20,601	1.42%
Count	1,174	1,286	9.54%
Proportion per 100k	0.44	0.44	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Rapoport

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that the majority of individuals with the Rapoport surname identify as White, with a slight increase from 94.89% in 2000 to 95.18% in 2010. Interestingly, there was no representation amongst Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native groups in 2000. However, by 2010, a small percentage (0.54%) of individuals with this surname identified as Asian/Pacific Islander. The percentage of those identifying with two or more races decreased by 30.34%, while the Hispanic representation also experienced a minor decrease from 2.90% to 2.64%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.89%	95.18%	0.31%
Hispanic	2.9%	2.64%	-8.97%
Two or More Races	1.45%	1.01%	-30.34%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.54%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%