How common is the surname Seppala?

1,032 people in the United States had the surname Seppala in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 299,172 Americans. It ranked 24,305th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Seppala getting more or less common?

More common. 927 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,032 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Seppala

A Finnish surname, carried by 1,032 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex S140

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Seppala is more common than 85% of them.

Origin

Finnish origin

Borrowed from Finnish Seppälä.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,032 people named Seppala in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 299,172 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 927.

#24,305

rank among US surnames

1,032

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+11.3%

change since 2000 (was #25,098)

Who is named Seppala

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

96% of people named Seppala identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as two or more races and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Two or more races 1.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

Where does the surname Seppala come from?: Borrowed from Finnish Seppälä.
How common is the surname Seppala?: 1,032 people in the United States had the surname Seppala in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 299,172 Americans. It ranked 24,305th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Seppala?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Seppala identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as two or more races.
Is the surname Seppala getting more or less common?: More common. 927 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,032 in 2010, up 11%.