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The surname Ripple

A surname, carried by 2,745 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R140

Ripple: #11,469 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ripple #11,469, 2,745 people Ripple: #11,469 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ripple #11,469, 2,745 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ripple is more common than 92.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,745 people named Ripple in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 112,476 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,696.

#11,469
rank among US surnames
2,745
people in 2010
0.9
per 100,000 Americans
+1.8%
change since 2000 (was #10,851)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#11,462Eudy2,749112,312
#11,463Coogan2,748112,353
#11,466Virgil2,746112,435
#11,469Breshears2,745112,476
#11,472Mattis2,744112,517
#11,474McConville2,743112,558
#11,476Araya2,742112,599

Who is named Ripple

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

95% of people named Ripple identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
  • Two or more races 1.2%
  • 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 Ripple

Ripple has the Soundex code R140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R140.

Questions

How common is the surname Ripple?
2,745 people in the United States had the surname Ripple in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 112,476 Americans. It ranked 11,469th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ripple?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ripple identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Ripple getting more or less common?
More common. 2,696 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,745 in 2010, up 1.8%.