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The surname Pepin

A French surname, carried by 4,731 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P150

Pepin: #7,075 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pepin #7,075, 4,731 people Pepin: #7,075 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pepin #7,075, 4,731 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pepin is more common than 95.6% of them.

Origin

French origin

A surname, possibly from French Pépin.

One of 791 French 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 Pepin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 65,260 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,541.

#7,075
rank among US surnames
4,731
people in 2010
1.6
per 100,000 Americans
+4.2%
change since 2000 (was #6,826)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#7,071Westover4,73465,219
#7,073Freitag4,73365,233
#7,074Maynor4,73265,246
#7,075Desilva4,73165,260

Who is named Pepin

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

88% of people named Pepin identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 88%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9.9%
  • Two or more races 0.9%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Other French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Pepin come from?
Pepin is French in origin.
How common is the surname Pepin?
4,731 people in the United States had the surname Pepin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,260 Americans. It ranked 7,075th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pepin?
In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Pepin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Pepin getting more or less common?
More common. 4,541 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,731 in 2010, up 4.2%.