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    The surname Sapp

    A surname, carried by 20,448 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S100

    Sapp: #1,752 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Sapp #1,752, 20,448 people Sapp: #1,752 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sapp #1,752, 20,448 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sapp is more common than 98.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 20,448 people named Sapp in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 15,099 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 19,847.

    #1,752
    rank among US surnames
    20,448
    people in 2010
    6.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3%
    change since 2000 (was #1,655)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #1,743Hurd20,54015,031
    #1,744Castle20,53415,036
    #1,745Valdes20,52715,041
    #1,746McWilliams20,52315,044
    #1,747Leung20,49615,064
    #1,748Holliday20,49115,067
    #1,749Houser20,48415,073

    Who is named Sapp

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

    75% of people named Sapp identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Sapps

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Bob Sapp
      American mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, professional wrestler, and actor, born 1973
    • Warren Sapp
      American football player (born 1972)
    • LaChanze
      American actress, singer, and dancer, born 1961

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sapp

    Sapp has the Soundex code S100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S100.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Sapp?
    20,448 people in the United States had the surname Sapp in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,099 Americans. It ranked 1,752nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sapp?
    In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Sapp identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Sapp?
    Bob Sapp, American mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, professional wrestler, and actor, followed by Warren Sapp.
    Where is the surname Sapp most common?
    Wikidata records people named Sapp in the United States.
    Is the surname Sapp getting more or less common?
    More common. 19,847 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 20,448 in 2010, up 3.0%.