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    The surname Gelpi

    A Catalan surname, carried by 599 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G410

    Gelpi: #37,229 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Gelpi #37,229, 599 people Gelpi: #37,229 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Gelpi #37,229, 599 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gelpi is more common than 77.1% of them.

    Origin

    Catalan origin

    Borrowed from Catalan Gelpí, of uncertain origin, but compare gelpa (“goblet, cup”), presumably a borrowing from Old French gobelet.

    One of 39 Catalan surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 599 people named Gelpi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 515,435 Americans. That is up 9.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 547.

    #37,229
    rank among US surnames
    599
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.5%
    change since 2000 (was #38,079)

    Who is named Gelpi

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

    50% of people named Gelpi identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 48% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 50%
    • White (not Hispanic) 48%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gelpi

    Gelpi has the Soundex code G410, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G410.

    Other Catalan surnames

    All 39 Catalan surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Gelpi come from?
    Borrowed from Catalan Gelpí, of uncertain origin, but compare gelpa (“goblet, cup”), presumably a borrowing from Old French gobelet.
    How common is the surname Gelpi?
    599 people in the United States had the surname Gelpi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 515,435 Americans. It ranked 37,229th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gelpi?
    In the 2010 Census, 50% of people named Gelpi identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 48% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Gelpi getting more or less common?
    More common. 547 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 599 in 2010, up 9.5%.