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    The surname Estep

    A surname, carried by 14,037 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex E231

    Estep: #2,575 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Estep #2,575, 14,037 people Estep: #2,575 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Estep #2,575, 14,037 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Estep is more common than 98.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 14,037 people named Estep in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 21,995 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,793.

    #2,575
    rank among US surnames
    14,037
    people in 2010
    4.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.8%
    change since 2000 (was #2,411)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,566Daigle14,08421,922
    #2,567Burdick14,08121,926
    #2,568Weathers14,07321,939
    #2,569Gavin14,06121,958
    #2,570Winslow14,05621,965
    #2,571Whitten14,05421,969
    #2,572Deaton14,05221,972

    Who is named Estep

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

    93% of people named Estep identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Esteps

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Mike Estep
      American tennis player, born 1949

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Estep

    Estep has the Soundex code E231, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E231.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Estep?
    14,037 people in the United States had the surname Estep in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,995 Americans. It ranked 2,575th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Estep?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Estep identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Estep?
    Mike Estep, American tennis player.
    Where is the surname Estep most common?
    Wikidata records people named Estep in the United States.
    Is the surname Estep getting more or less common?
    More common. 13,793 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,037 in 2010, up 1.8%.