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    The surname Canepa

    An Italian surname, carried by 1,245 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C510

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Canepa is more common than 87% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    Borrowed from Italian Canepa.

    One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,245 people named Canepa in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 247,988 Americans. That is up 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,182.

    #21,092
    rank among US surnames
    1,245
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.3%
    change since 2000 (was #20,778)

    Who is named Canepa

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    72% of people named Canepa identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 72%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 25%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
    • Two or more races 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Canepa

    Canepa has the Soundex code C510, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C510.

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Canepa come from?
    Borrowed from Italian Canepa.
    How common is the surname Canepa?
    1,245 people in the United States had the surname Canepa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 247,988 Americans. It ranked 21,092nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Canepa?
    In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Canepa identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Canepa getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,182 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,245 in 2010, up 5.3%.