Rapa Family History
Rapa Name Meaning
Italian: from rapa ‘turnip’; a metonymic occupational
name for a grower or seller of turnips, or a derogatory nickname for a
stupid person, from the same word in a transferred sense.Portuguese and Galician: habitational name from any of the towns
called Rapa, in Portugal and in A Coruña, Galicia.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Rapa
Name Distribution of Rapa Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Rapa families
 3 - 3  2 - 2 |
 1  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Rapa last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Rapa census records
You can see how Rapa families moved over time by selecting different Census years.
Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, occupation and value of personal estate.
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Rapa Family Origin
Rapa Emigration Information (US)
Click on a circle in the chart to view Rapa emigration records
You can find out when most of the Rapa families immigrated
to the United States.
You can focus your search to emigration records dating from that era.
Emigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
port of arrival and destination.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Rapa Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Rapa census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Rapa ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Military Service by Rapa
Message Board about Rapa
2 Threads, 35
Messages
Browse message boards to get helpful hints from other people researching the name
Rapa.
Threads: 2 - Messages: 35
| Thread | Author | Replies | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Francesco RAPA (1842-1925) Descendants |  | KarenMerch | 3 |
| James Rapa (Rape) Sr. | | peggykozy | 30 |
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