# Quispe (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/quispe/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Quechua].

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,953 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,104 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 158,088 people |
| Change since 2000 | +84% (1,063 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Quispe in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 5.1% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 94% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Quispe in Bolivia.

## People named Quispe

- Felipe Quispe, Bolivian historian and politician (1942–2021)
- Rosemary Quispe, Bolivian athletics competitor

## Similar surnames

Quizhpi.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.