# Repka (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Slovak |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 756 |
| US rank (2010) | 30,799 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 408,394 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.1% (755 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Czech, Slovak, and Lower Sorbian surname, from Slovak Repka and Czech Řepka, from a diminutive of řepa (“beet”), compare Repke, Repa. * As a Ukrainian surname, Russified from Ripka.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Repka 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) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Repka in the United States.

## People named Repka

- Ed Repka, American illustrator

## Similar surnames

Roepke, Ripka, Repass, Reeves, Rivas, Reaves, Reavis, Roebuck, Rives, Revis, Raposo, Rabago.

## 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.