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    The surname Ripka

    A surname, carried by 848 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R120

    Ripka: #28,215 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Ripka #28,215, 848 people Ripka: #28,215 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Ripka #28,215, 848 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ripka is more common than 82.6% of them.

    Origin

    * As a Slovak and Czech surname, from a diminutive of ryba (“fish”), see Ryba. * As a German surname, Germanized from the above, sometimes via Polish. * As a Ukrainian surname, from a diminutive of ріпа (ripa, “turnip”), compare Repka.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 848 people named Ripka in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 364,087 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 807.

    #28,215
    rank among US surnames
    848
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.1%
    change since 2000 (was #27,970)

    Who is named Ripka

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

    96% of people named Ripka identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ripka

    Ripka has the Soundex code R120, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R120.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ripka come from?
    * As a Slovak and Czech surname, from a diminutive of ryba (“fish”), see Ryba. * As a German surname, Germanized from the above, sometimes via Polish. * As a Ukrainian surname, from a diminutive of ріпа (ripa, “turnip”), compare Repka.
    How common is the surname Ripka?
    848 people in the United States had the surname Ripka in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 364,087 Americans. It ranked 28,215th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ripka?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Ripka identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Ripka getting more or less common?
    More common. 807 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 848 in 2010, up 5.1%.