Where Does the Rapaport Surname Come From?

Your Rapaport ancestor may well appear as Rappaport in earlier records. Taken at its root, Rapaport points to “The physician who came from Porto (gate), in Italy”.

Heraldry and the Rapaport name

There is no single Rapaport family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were.

Spelling and variants

Rapaport drops the “p” of Rappaport, a simplification that clerks often made. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. Related forms: Rapoport, Rappoport and Rappeport.

The 2010 census count for Rapaport in the United States was 894, good for rank 27,081. Want more than a summary? See the Rapaport family name pack.