How common is the surname Espey?

1,129 people in the United States had the surname Espey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 273,468 Americans. It ranked 22,707th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Espey getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,198 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,129 in 2010, down 5.8%.

The surname Espey

A surname, carried by 1,129 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E210

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Espey is more common than 86% of them.

Origin

Variant of Espy.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,129 people named Espey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 273,468 Americans. That is down 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,198.

#22,707

rank among US surnames

1,129

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-5.8%

change since 2000 (was #20,565)

Who is named Espey

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

89% of people named Espey identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 2.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Espey

Espy

Espey has the Soundex code E210, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E210.

Questions

Where does the surname Espey come from?: Variant of Espy.
How common is the surname Espey?: 1,129 people in the United States had the surname Espey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 273,468 Americans. It ranked 22,707th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Espey?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Espey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Espey getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,198 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,129 in 2010, down 5.8%.