Rapp Family History
Rapp Name Meaning
Swedish: from rapp ‘quick’, ‘prompt’; a soldier’s name,
one of the monothematic names adopted by soldiers in the 17th century,
before surnames became general in Sweden.German: from
Middle High German rapp, rabe ‘raven’ (German
Rabe), hence a nickname for someone with black hair, or some
other supposed resemblance to the bird. Compare Raven. In some
cases the surname may have arisen from a house name, thus denoting
someone who lived in a house distinguished by the sign of a raven.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Rapp Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Rapp families
 197 - 391  66 - 196 |
 1 - 65  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Rapp families
|
19 - 36 7 - 18 |
1 - 6 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Rapp last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Rapp Family Origin
Rapp Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Rapp
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Rapp Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Rapp Civil War Service Records
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