How common is the surname Lape?

2,237 people in the United States had the surname Lape in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,018 Americans. It ranked 13,551st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lape?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Lape identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Lape getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,407 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,237 in 2010, down 7.1%.

The surname Lape

A surname, carried by 2,237 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lape is more common than 91.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,237 people named Lape in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 138,018 Americans. That is down 7.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,407.

#13,551

rank among US surnames

2,237

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

-7.1%

change since 2000 (was #11,910)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,544	Pero	2,239	137,894
#13,545	Eugenio	2,238	137,956
#13,551	Threlkeld	2,237	138,018

Who is named Lape

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

92% of people named Lape identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.2%
Two or more races 1.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lape

Lape has the Soundex code L100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L100.

Questions

How common is the surname Lape?: 2,237 people in the United States had the surname Lape in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,018 Americans. It ranked 13,551st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lape?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Lape identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Lape getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,407 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,237 in 2010, down 7.1%.