How common is the surname Ruppel?

2,053 people in the United States had the surname Ruppel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 150,388 Americans. It ranked 14,523rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ruppel?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Ruppel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Ruppel getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,289 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,053 in 2010, down 10%.

The surname Ruppel

A surname, carried by 2,053 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R140

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ruppel is more common than 91% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,053 people named Ruppel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 150,388 Americans. That is down 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,289.

#14,523

rank among US surnames

2,053

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-10.3%

change since 2000 (was #12,437)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,519	Bogert	2,054	150,314
#14,523	Capasso	2,053	150,388
#14,528	Choquette	2,052	150,461
#14,532	Anspach	2,051	150,534

Who is named Ruppel

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

97% of people named Ruppel identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 0.7%
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 Ruppel

Ruppel 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 Ruppel?: 2,053 people in the United States had the surname Ruppel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 150,388 Americans. It ranked 14,523rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ruppel?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Ruppel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Ruppel getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,289 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,053 in 2010, down 10%.