The surname Sepulveda
A Spanish surname, carried by 19,851 people in the United States.
4 syllables Soundex S141
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish Sepúlveda.
One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 19,851 people named Sepulveda in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 15,553 Americans. That is up 27% since 2000, when the Census counted 15,611.
Who is named Sepulveda
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
92% of people named Sepulveda identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.2% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 92%
- White (not Hispanic) 7.2%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
- Two or more races 0.2%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Sepulveda
Sepulveda has the Soundex code S141, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S141.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Sepulveda come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish Sepúlveda.
- How common is the surname Sepulveda?
- 19,851 people in the United States had the surname Sepulveda in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,553 Americans. It ranked 1,810th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Sepulveda?
- In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Sepulveda identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.2% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Sepulveda getting more or less common?
- More common. 15,611 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,851 in 2010, up 27%.