How common is the surname Jepsen?

2,772 people in the United States had the surname Jepsen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,380 Americans. It ranked 11,377th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Jepsen?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Jepsen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Jepsen?

Mary Lou Jepsen, American scientist and entrepreneur (born 1965), followed by Roger Jepsen.

Where is the surname Jepsen most common?

Wikidata records people named Jepsen in the United States.

Is the surname Jepsen getting more or less common?

More common. 2,718 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,772 in 2010, up 2.0%.

The surname Jepsen

A surname, carried by 2,772 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). Jepsen is more common than 93% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,772 people named Jepsen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 111,380 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,718.

#11,377

rank among US surnames

2,772

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #10,773)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,368	Nunnery	2,775	111,260
#11,371	MacIntyre	2,774	111,300
#11,374	Gessner	2,773	111,340
#11,377	Bornstein	2,772	111,380
#11,380	Sauers	2,771	111,420
#11,383	Mooneyham	2,770	111,460

Who is named Jepsen

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

95% of people named Jepsen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Jepsens

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mary Lou Jepsen
American scientist and entrepreneur (born 1965)
Roger Jepsen
American politician (1928–2020)
Les Jepsen
American basketball player (born 1967)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Jepsen

Jepsen 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 Jepsen?: 2,772 people in the United States had the surname Jepsen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,380 Americans. It ranked 11,377th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Jepsen?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Jepsen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Jepsen?: Mary Lou Jepsen, American scientist and entrepreneur (born 1965), followed by Roger Jepsen.
Where is the surname Jepsen most common?: Wikidata records people named Jepsen in the United States.
Is the surname Jepsen getting more or less common?: More common. 2,718 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,772 in 2010, up 2.0%.