Rapin surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Rapin surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 281 people carried this name — #65,862 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,230 people named Rapin.

28 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 71 départements, most often Vendée.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 28
Vendée 179
Cher 105
Paris 98
Yonne 87
Gironde 74
Haute-Savoie 51
Lot-et-Garonne 44
Vosges 40

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

808 people named Rapin live in Switzerland.

They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

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Where they live today

Vaud 546
Fribourg 99
Geneva 64
Valais 37
Neuchâtel 27
Zurich 13
Bern 9
Lucerne 7

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

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