The Raposo surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,448 people carried this name — #11,729 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 109,900 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
160 people named Raposo live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 75 people named Raposo.
Most of them — 42 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Jura.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Raposo in American newspapers,
1888–1960.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 669 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Raposo,
with a public archive behind them.
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José António Simões Raposo 1840–1900 · teacher -
Francisco Raposo de Oliveira 1881–1933 · poet -
José Hipólito Raposo 1885–1953 · writer -
Alvacir Raposo 1950– · physician -
Carlos Raposo 1953–
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 71 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Raposo.
- Raoul 110 · U.S. census
- Rapetti 115 · U.S. census
- Raphael 3,768 · U.S. census
- Raphel 187 · U.S. census
- Rapin 281 · U.S. census
- Rapoport 1,174 · U.S. census
- Rapp 13,951 · U.S. census
- Rappe 861 · U.S. census
- Rappold 997 · U.S. census
- Raquet 323 · U.S. census
- Ras 577 · U.S. census
- Rascol 119 · U.S. census
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