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    The surname Lapp

    A surname, carried by 7,761 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex L100

    Lapp: #4,568 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lapp #4,568, 7,761 people Lapp: #4,568 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lapp #4,568, 7,761 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lapp is more common than 97.2% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 7,761 people named Lapp in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,782 Americans. That is up 21% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,415.

    #4,568
    rank among US surnames
    7,761
    people in 2010
    2.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +21%
    change since 2000 (was #5,018)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,559Talavera7,77739,700
    #4,560Choe7,77639,705
    #4,561Barrows7,77339,720
    #4,562Dvorak7,77139,730
    #4,563Alejandro7,77039,736
    #4,565Keim7,76939,741
    #4,567Hitt7,76239,777

    Who is named Lapp

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

    97% of people named Lapp identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Lapps

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Bernice Lapp
      American swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist (1917–2010)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lapp

    Lapp 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 Lapp?
    7,761 people in the United States had the surname Lapp in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,782 Americans. It ranked 4,568th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lapp?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Lapp identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Lapp?
    Bernice Lapp, American swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist (1917–2010).
    Where is the surname Lapp most common?
    Wikidata records people named Lapp in the United States.
    Is the surname Lapp getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,415 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,761 in 2010, up 21%.