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    The surname Rupp

    A surname, carried by 11,399 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R100

    Rupp: #3,167 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Rupp #3,167, 11,399 people Rupp: #3,167 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rupp #3,167, 11,399 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rupp is more common than 98% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,399 people named Rupp in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,085 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,199.

    #3,167
    rank among US surnames
    11,399
    people in 2010
    3.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.8%
    change since 2000 (was #2,959)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,158Hyman11,43626,998
    #3,159Wenzel11,43227,007
    #3,160Janssen11,42327,028
    #3,161Lauer11,41427,050
    #3,162Gresham11,41227,054
    #3,163Fennell11,41027,059
    #3,164Vest11,40527,071

    Who is named Rupp

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

    95% of people named Rupp identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Rupps

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Debra Jo Rupp
      American actress, born 1951
    • Galen Rupp
      American distance runner, born 1986
    • Michael Rupp
      American ice hockey player, born 1980
    • Sieghardt Rupp
      Actor (1931-2015)
    • Adolph Rupp
      American college basketball coach (1901–1977)

    Notable Rupps come mostly from the United States (4) and Austria (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rupp

    Rupp 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 Rupp?
    11,399 people in the United States had the surname Rupp in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,085 Americans. It ranked 3,167th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rupp?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Rupp identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Rupp?
    Debra Jo Rupp, American actress, followed by Galen Rupp.
    Where is the surname Rupp most common?
    Wikidata records people named Rupp in the United States and Austria.
    Is the surname Rupp getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,199 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,399 in 2010, up 1.8%.