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    The surname Quispe

    A Spanish surname, carried by 1,953 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex Q210

    Quispe: #15,104 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Quispe #15,104, 1,953 people Quispe: #15,104 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Quispe #15,104, 1,953 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Quispe is more common than 90.7% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    A surname from Spanish [in turn from Quechua].

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,953 people named Quispe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 158,088 Americans. That is up 84% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,063.

    #15,104
    rank among US surnames
    1,953
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +83.7%
    change since 2000 (was #22,570)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,099Schaible1,954158,007
    #15,104Quispe1,953158,088

    Who is named Quispe

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

    94% of people named Quispe identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.1% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Quispes

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Felipe Quispe
      Bolivian historian and politician (1942–2021)
    • Rosemary Quispe
      Bolivian athletics competitor, born 1983

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Quispe

    Quispe has the Soundex code Q210, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Q210.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Quispe come from?
    Quispe is Spanish in origin.
    How common is the surname Quispe?
    1,953 people in the United States had the surname Quispe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 158,088 Americans. It ranked 15,104th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Quispe?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Quispe identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.1% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Quispe?
    Felipe Quispe, Bolivian historian and politician (1942–2021), followed by Rosemary Quispe.
    Where is the surname Quispe most common?
    Wikidata records people named Quispe in Bolivia.
    Is the surname Quispe getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,063 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,953 in 2010, up 84%.