How common is the surname Hepner?

2,961 people in the United States had the surname Hepner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 104,271 Americans. It ranked 10,772nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hepner?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hepner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Hepner getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,045 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,961 in 2010, down 2.8%.

The surname Hepner

A surname, carried by 2,961 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H156

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hepner is more common than 93.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,961 people named Hepner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 104,271 Americans. That is down 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,045.

#10,772

rank among US surnames

2,961

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

-2.8%

change since 2000 (was #9,806)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,763	Campanella	2,964	104,165
#10,765	Center	2,963	104,200
#10,769	Collinsworth	2,962	104,235
#10,772	Baranowski	2,961	104,271
#10,777	Petrosky	2,960	104,306
#10,779	Collin	2,959	104,341

Who is named Hepner

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

96% of people named Hepner identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hepner

Hepner has the Soundex code H156, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H156.

Questions

How common is the surname Hepner?: 2,961 people in the United States had the surname Hepner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 104,271 Americans. It ranked 10,772nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hepner?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hepner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Hepner getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,045 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,961 in 2010, down 2.8%.