How common is the surname Hyppolite?

1,567 people in the United States had the surname Hyppolite in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 197,030 Americans. It ranked 17,851st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hyppolite?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Hyppolite identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Hyppolite getting more or less common?

More common. 969 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,567 in 2010, up 62%.

The surname Hyppolite

A surname, carried by 1,567 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex H143

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hyppolite is more common than 89% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,567 people named Hyppolite in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 197,030 Americans. That is up 62% since 2000, when the Census counted 969.

#17,851

rank among US surnames

1,567

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+61.7%

change since 2000 (was #24,243)

Who is named Hyppolite

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

93% of people named Hyppolite identified as Black (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 2.3%
White (not Hispanic) 2.1%

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

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Hyppolite

Hipolito

Hyppolite has the Soundex code H143, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H143.

Questions

How common is the surname Hyppolite?: 1,567 people in the United States had the surname Hyppolite in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 197,030 Americans. It ranked 17,851st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hyppolite?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Hyppolite identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Hyppolite getting more or less common?: More common. 969 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,567 in 2010, up 62%.