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The surname Saephan

A surname, carried by 2,069 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S150

Saephan: #14,443 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Saephan #14,443, 2,069 people Saephan: #14,443 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Saephan #14,443, 2,069 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Saephan is more common than 91.1% of them.

Origin

From Iu Mien [Term?].

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,069 people named Saephan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 149,225 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,019.

#14,443
rank among US surnames
2,069
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+2.5%
change since 2000 (was #13,759)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#14,434Sumlin2,070149,152
#14,443Busick2,069149,225
#14,447Hulme2,068149,297

Who is named Saephan

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

96% of people named Saephan identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.0% as two or more races.

  • Asian and Pacific Islander 96%
  • Two or more races 2.0%
  • White (not Hispanic) 0.8%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Saephan

Saephan has the Soundex code S150, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S150.

Questions

Where does the surname Saephan come from?
From Iu Mien [Term?].
How common is the surname Saephan?
2,069 people in the United States had the surname Saephan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 149,225 Americans. It ranked 14,443rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Saephan?
In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Saephan identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.0% as two or more races.
Is the surname Saephan getting more or less common?
More common. 2,019 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,069 in 2010, up 2.5%.