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    The surname Sapien

    A surname, carried by 1,931 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S150

    Sapien: #15,236 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sapien #15,236, 1,931 people Sapien: #15,236 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sapien #15,236, 1,931 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sapien is more common than 90.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,931 people named Sapien in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 159,889 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,658.

    #15,236
    rank among US surnames
    1,931
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +16.5%
    change since 2000 (was #16,057)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,229Salamon1,933159,724
    #15,232Dy1,932159,806
    #15,236Alli1,931159,889
    #15,238Nayak1,930159,972

    Who is named Sapien

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

    84% of people named Sapien identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 14% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 84%
    • White (not Hispanic) 14%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sapien

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Sapien?
    1,931 people in the United States had the surname Sapien in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 159,889 Americans. It ranked 15,236th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sapien?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Sapien identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 14% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Sapien getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,658 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,931 in 2010, up 17%.