How common is the surname Pepe?

5,405 people in the United States had the surname Pepe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,122 Americans. It ranked 6,313th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Pepe?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Pepe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Pepe getting more or less common?

More common. 5,358 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,405 in 2010, up 0.9%.

The surname Pepe

A surname, carried by 5,405 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pepe is more common than 96.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,405 people named Pepe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 57,122 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,358.

#6,313

rank among US surnames

5,405

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+0.9%

change since 2000 (was #5,917)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,304	Spiller	5,418	56,985
#6,305	Beason	5,414	57,027
#6,306	Legrand	5,413	57,038
#6,307	Stillman	5,411	57,059
#6,310	Weatherspoon	5,409	57,080
#6,311	Levitt	5,407	57,101
#6,312	Reeve	5,406	57,112

Who is named Pepe

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

93% of people named Pepe identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Two or more races 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pepe

Pepe has the Soundex code P100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P100.

Questions

How common is the surname Pepe?: 5,405 people in the United States had the surname Pepe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,122 Americans. It ranked 6,313th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pepe?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Pepe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Pepe getting more or less common?: More common. 5,358 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,405 in 2010, up 0.9%.