How common is the surname Jeppson?

1,381 people in the United States had the surname Jeppson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 223,567 Americans. It ranked 19,551st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Jeppson?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Jeppson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Jeppson?

Janet Asimov, author, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst (1926–2019).

Where is the surname Jeppson most common?

Wikidata records people named Jeppson in the United States.

Is the surname Jeppson getting more or less common?

More common. 1,182 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,381 in 2010, up 17%.

The surname Jeppson

A surname, carried by 1,381 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex J125

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jeppson is more common than 88% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,381 people named Jeppson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 223,567 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,182.

#19,551

rank among US surnames

1,381

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+16.8%

change since 2000 (was #20,778)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,551	Nepomuceno	1,381	223,567
#19,559	Walder	1,380	223,729

Who is named Jeppson

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

94% of people named Jeppson identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Jeppsons

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Janet Asimov
Author, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst (1926–2019)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Jeppson

Jeppson has the Soundex code J125, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J125.

Questions

How common is the surname Jeppson?: 1,381 people in the United States had the surname Jeppson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 223,567 Americans. It ranked 19,551st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Jeppson?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Jeppson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Jeppson?: Janet Asimov, author, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst (1926–2019).
Where is the surname Jeppson most common?: Wikidata records people named Jeppson in the United States.
Is the surname Jeppson getting more or less common?: More common. 1,182 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,381 in 2010, up 17%.