Cognomen Rapa (Rapa 
, Rape 
, Рапа 
) , throughout the world, is a common last name. The cognomen Rapa is characteristic of Malta, where it is quite a common surname, Latvia, where it is quite a rare surname, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in India, Indonesia, and the United States. Likewise, Rapa is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Rapa | Philippines, Poland, India, United States, Indonesia |
| Rape | Philippines, India, United States, Indonesia, Italy |
| Рапа | Kazakhstan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine |
| jānis rapa LV (b. 1885) |
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| elfrīda rapa LV (b. 1901) |
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| stanisław rapa Polish politician, PL (b. 1938) |
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adam rapa US (b. 1980) |
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| zigrida dzoena rapa (b. 1936) |
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| juris rapa LV (b. 1946) |
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| robert keith rapa (b. 1952) |
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| jose demetrio salgueiro rapa Spanish politician, ES (b. 1971) |
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| mattia rapa researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-9023-012X) |
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| alessandro rapa Ph.D. Università di Trento and Università degli Studi di Verona 2019 |
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| shara francesca rapa |
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| valentina rapa Maltese association football player, MT |
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