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The surname Epley

A surname, carried by 3,667 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E140

Epley: #8,925 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Epley #8,925, 3,667 people Epley: #8,925 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Epley #8,925, 3,667 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Epley is more common than 94.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,667 people named Epley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 84,196 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,615.

#8,925
rank among US surnames
3,667
people in 2010
1.2
per 100,000 Americans
+1.4%
change since 2000 (was #8,402)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#8,917Freer3,67184,104
#8,920Kersten3,66984,150
#8,923Klingler3,66884,173
#8,925Epley3,66784,196
#8,928Weigand3,66684,219
#8,934Godin3,66584,242

Who is named Epley

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

95% of people named Epley identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as two or more races and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Two or more races 1.5%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Epley

Epley has the Soundex code E140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E140.

Questions

How common is the surname Epley?
3,667 people in the United States had the surname Epley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,196 Americans. It ranked 8,925th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Epley?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Epley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as two or more races.
Is the surname Epley getting more or less common?
More common. 3,615 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,667 in 2010, up 1.4%.