The Rappe surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 852 people carried this name — #28,100 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 344,800 people counted. That is down 1% from 861 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 180 people named Rappe live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in West Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 120 people named Rappe.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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 the Nordic population registers
204 people named Rappe are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Rappe,
with a public archive behind them.
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Louis Amadeus Rappe 1801–1877 · Catholic priest -
Thorborg Rappe 1832–1902 · teacher -
Emmy Rappe 1835–1896 · nurse -
Axel Rappe 1838–1918 · military personnel -
Christopher Rappe 1843–1930 · politician -
Frederik Otto von Rappe 1679–1758
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Rappe.
- Raphael 4,366 · U.S. census
- Raphel 191 · U.S. census
- Rapin 270 · U.S. census
- Rapoport 1,286 · U.S. census
- Raposo 2,829 · U.S. census
- Rapp 14,107 · U.S. census
- Rappold 997 · U.S. census
- Raquet 358 · U.S. census
- Ras 654 · U.S. census
- Rascol 154 · U.S. census
- Rase 393 · U.S. census
- Rasmussen 36,636 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Rappe is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.