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The surname Lappin

A surname, carried by 2,122 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L150

Lappin: #14,155 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lappin #14,155, 2,122 people Lappin: #14,155 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lappin #14,155, 2,122 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lappin is more common than 91.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,122 people named Lappin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 145,497 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,027.

#14,155
rank among US surnames
2,122
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+4.7%
change since 2000 (was #13,717)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#14,148Longwell2,124145,360
#14,152Renick2,123145,429
#14,155Lappin2,122145,497
#14,160Philippe2,121145,566

Who is named Lappin

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

95% of people named Lappin identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
  • Two or more races 0.8%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lappin

Lappin has the Soundex code L150, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L150.

Questions

How common is the surname Lappin?
2,122 people in the United States had the surname Lappin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 145,497 Americans. It ranked 14,155th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lappin?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lappin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Lappin getting more or less common?
More common. 2,027 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,122 in 2010, up 4.7%.