The rappaport Surname
rappaport Name Meaning and History
Jewish (Ashkenazic): most people bearing this name are descended
from Avrom-Menakhem Ben-Yankev Hakoyen Rapa, who lived in Porto,
Italy, at the beginning of the 16th century. The etymology of his name
is uncertain but possibly from German Rappe ‘raven’. Compare
Rapp. According to one explanation his descendants added the
name of their city, Porto, in order to distinguish themselves from
unrelated Jews surnamed Rapa; according to another, there was a
marriage between the Rapa and Porto families, and the issue of this
union took the compound name.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Rappaports from Oporto, Spain | Rappaport, Sydney | 25 |
| Rapa, Rafa, Rappaport surname changed.. |
 marcybaez
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| Rappaport family | Barbara Rappaport Levine | 11 |
| Rappaport in New York, Sam & Goldie (Golden) from Russia |
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| Rabbi Shimone/Simon (Amdur)Rappaport | R.C. | 2 |
| Origin of name | Paul Seader | 1 |
| Early Rappaport siblings Circa 1882 |
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| Porto is in Italy, not Spain, (near Cicily on the coast) | Michelle Rappaport | 2 |
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