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    The surname Siple

    A surname, carried by 1,284 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S140

    Siple: #20,627 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Siple #20,627, 1,284 people Siple: #20,627 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Siple #20,627, 1,284 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Siple is more common than 87.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,284 people named Siple in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 240,456 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,242.

    #20,627
    rank among US surnames
    1,284
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.4%
    change since 2000 (was #19,991)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,627Siple1,284240,456
    #20,636Lowenthal1,283240,643

    Who is named Siple

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

    94% of people named Siple identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Siples

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Paul Siple
      American explorer (1908-1968)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Siple

    Siple has the Soundex code S140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S140.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Siple?
    1,284 people in the United States had the surname Siple in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 240,456 Americans. It ranked 20,627th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Siple?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Siple identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Siple?
    Paul Siple, American explorer (1908-1968).
    Where is the surname Siple most common?
    Wikidata records people named Siple in the United States.
    Is the surname Siple getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,242 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,284 in 2010, up 3.4%.