How common is the surname Roepke?

1,310 people in the United States had the surname Roepke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 235,684 Americans. It ranked 20,299th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Roepke?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Roepke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Roepke getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,356 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,310 in 2010, down 3.4%.

The surname Roepke

A surname, carried by 1,310 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R120

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Roepke is more common than 87.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,310 people named Roepke in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 235,684 Americans. That is down 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,356.

#20,299

rank among US surnames

1,310

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-3.4%

change since 2000 (was #18,712)

Who is named Roepke

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

97% of people named Roepke identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

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 Roepke

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

Questions

How common is the surname Roepke?: 1,310 people in the United States had the surname Roepke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 235,684 Americans. It ranked 20,299th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Roepke?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Roepke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Roepke getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,356 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,310 in 2010, down 3.4%.