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    The surname Diep

    A surname, carried by 6,168 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex D100

    Diep: #5,636 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Diep #5,636, 6,168 people Diep: #5,636 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Diep #5,636, 6,168 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Diep is more common than 96.5% of them.

    Origin

    From the Vietnamese surname, compare Điệp and Diệp.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,168 people named Diep in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 50,056 Americans. That is up 28% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,827.

    #5,636
    rank among US surnames
    6,168
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +27.8%
    change since 2000 (was #6,489)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,630Strader6,17250,024
    #5,632Bayless6,17150,032
    #5,633Pennell6,17050,040
    #5,636Diep6,16850,056

    Who is named Diep

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

    96% of people named Diep identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • White (not Hispanic) 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Diep

    Diep has the Soundex code D100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D100.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Diep come from?
    From the Vietnamese surname, compare Điệp and Diệp.
    How common is the surname Diep?
    6,168 people in the United States had the surname Diep in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,056 Americans. It ranked 5,636th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Diep?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Diep identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Diep getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,827 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,168 in 2010, up 28%.