# Sapp (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sapp/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 20,448 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,752 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 15,099 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.0% (19,847 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sapp in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 75% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sapp in the United States.

## People named Sapp

- Bob Sapp, American mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, professional wrestler, and actor
- Warren Sapp, American football player (born 1972)
- LaChanze, American actress, singer, and dancer

## Similar surnames

Sipp, Schwab, Shipp, Sabo, Swope, Szabo, Savoy, Schaub, Sipe, Shupe, Savoie, Schaaf.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.