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    The surname Epperson

    A surname, carried by 12,884 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex E162

    Epperson: #2,798 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Epperson #2,798, 12,884 people Epperson: #2,798 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Epperson #2,798, 12,884 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Epperson is more common than 98.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 12,884 people named Epperson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,963 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,400.

    #2,798
    rank among US surnames
    12,884
    people in 2010
    4.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.9%
    change since 2000 (was #2,681)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,789Carreon12,94123,858
    #2,790Pease12,93723,865
    #2,791Regalado12,93123,876
    #2,792Oldham12,92823,882
    #2,793Belanger12,92223,893
    #2,794Alcantar12,91923,899
    #2,795Looney12,91023,915

    Who is named Epperson

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

    84% of people named Epperson identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 84%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Epperson

    Epperson has the Soundex code E162, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E162.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Epperson?
    12,884 people in the United States had the surname Epperson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,963 Americans. It ranked 2,798th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Epperson?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Epperson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Epperson getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,400 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,884 in 2010, up 3.9%.