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    The surname Kepley

    A surname, carried by 1,709 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K140

    Kepley: #16,734 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kepley #16,734, 1,709 people Kepley: #16,734 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kepley #16,734, 1,709 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kepley is more common than 89.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,709 people named Kepley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 180,659 Americans. That is up 9.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,560.

    #16,734
    rank among US surnames
    1,709
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.6%
    change since 2000 (was #16,838)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,728Rivenbark1,710180,553
    #16,734Forbush1,709180,659
    #16,743Petti1,708180,764

    Who is named Kepley

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

    96% of people named Kepley identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kepley

    Kepley has the Soundex code K140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K140.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Kepley?
    1,709 people in the United States had the surname Kepley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 180,659 Americans. It ranked 16,734th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kepley?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kepley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Kepley getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,560 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,709 in 2010, up 9.6%.