How common is the surname Lepore?

4,731 people in the United States had the surname Lepore in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,260 Americans. It ranked 7,075th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lepore?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lepore identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lepore?

Amanda Lepore, American model and performance artist, followed by Jill Lepore.

Where is the surname Lepore most common?

Wikidata records people named Lepore in the United States.

Is the surname Lepore getting more or less common?

More common. 4,512 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,731 in 2010, up 4.9%.

The surname Lepore

An Italian surname, carried by 4,731 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex L160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lepore is more common than 95.6% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Lepore.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,731 people named Lepore in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 65,260 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,512.

#7,075

rank among US surnames

4,731

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+4.9%

change since 2000 (was #6,869)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,071	Westover	4,734	65,219
#7,073	Freitag	4,733	65,233
#7,074	Maynor	4,732	65,246
#7,075	Desilva	4,731	65,260

Who is named Lepore

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

95% of people named Lepore identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lepores

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Amanda Lepore
American model and performance artist, born 1967
Jill Lepore
American historian (b. 1966)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lepore

Lepore has the Soundex code L160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L160.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Lepore come from?: Borrowed from Italian Lepore.
How common is the surname Lepore?: 4,731 people in the United States had the surname Lepore in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,260 Americans. It ranked 7,075th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lepore?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lepore identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lepore?: Amanda Lepore, American model and performance artist, followed by Jill Lepore.
Where is the surname Lepore most common?: Wikidata records people named Lepore in the United States.
Is the surname Lepore getting more or less common?: More common. 4,512 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,731 in 2010, up 4.9%.