How common is the surname Lepe?

3,904 people in the United States had the surname Lepe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,084 Americans. It ranked 8,458th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Lepe getting more or less common?

More common. 2,976 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,904 in 2010, up 31%.

The surname Lepe

A surname, carried by 3,904 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). Lepe is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,904 people named Lepe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 79,084 Americans. That is up 31% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,976.

#8,458

rank among US surnames

3,904

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+31.2%

change since 2000 (was #9,992)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,453	Pollak	3,908	79,003
#8,455	Edson	3,906	79,044
#8,456	Gilreath	3,905	79,064
#8,458	Danna	3,904	79,084
#8,464	Grimmett	3,903	79,105
#8,467	Vineyard	3,901	79,145

Who is named Lepe

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

97% of people named Lepe identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 2.5% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 97%
White (not Hispanic) 2.5%
Two or more races 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lepe

Lepe 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 Lepe?: 3,904 people in the United States had the surname Lepe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,084 Americans. It ranked 8,458th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lepe?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Lepe identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 2.5% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Lepe getting more or less common?: More common. 2,976 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,904 in 2010, up 31%.