How common is the surname Rippey?

1,160 people in the United States had the surname Rippey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 266,160 Americans. It ranked 22,235th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Rippey getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,195 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,160 in 2010, down 2.9%.

The surname Rippey

A surname, carried by 1,160 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rippey is more common than 86.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,160 people named Rippey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 266,160 Americans. That is down 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,195.

#22,235

rank among US surnames

1,160

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-2.9%

change since 2000 (was #20,599)

Who is named Rippey

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

91% of people named Rippey identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rippey

Rippey has the Soundex code R100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R100.

Questions

How common is the surname Rippey?: 1,160 people in the United States had the surname Rippey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 266,160 Americans. It ranked 22,235th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rippey?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Rippey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Rippey getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,195 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,160 in 2010, down 2.9%.