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    The surname Harpe

    A surname, carried by 1,727 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H610

    Harpe: #16,601 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Harpe #16,601, 1,727 people Harpe: #16,601 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Harpe #16,601, 1,727 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Harpe is more common than 89.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,727 people named Harpe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 178,776 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,662.

    #16,601
    rank among US surnames
    1,727
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.9%
    change since 2000 (was #16,028)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,593Bruneau1,728178,672
    #16,601Rapier1,727178,776

    Who is named Harpe

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

    76% of people named Harpe identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 76%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 20%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    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 Harpe

    Harpe has the Soundex code H610, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H610.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Harpe?
    1,727 people in the United States had the surname Harpe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 178,776 Americans. It ranked 16,601st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Harpe?
    In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Harpe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Harpe getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,662 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,727 in 2010, up 3.9%.