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    The surname Supan

    An occupational surname, carried by 584 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S150

    Supan: #37,993 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Supan #37,993, 584 people Supan: #37,993 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Supan #37,993, 584 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Supan is more common than 76.6% of them.

    Origin

    Various origins: * Borrowed from Austrian German Supan, an occupational surname for an administrator in a Slavic-speaking region. Ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *županъ, from *župa (“area, district”). * Germanized form of Slovene Zupan, from Proto-Slavic *županъ, from *župa (“area, district”). * Borrowed from Tagalog Supan, a surname predominantly found in Central Luzon region.

    Supan is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 584 people named Supan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 528,674 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 503.

    #37,993
    rank among US surnames
    584
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +16.1%
    change since 2000 (was #40,908)

    Who is named Supan

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

    73% of people named Supan identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 73%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 23%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Supans

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Alexander Georg Supan
      Austrian geographer (1847-1920)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Supan

    Supan has the Soundex code S150, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S150.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Supan come from?
    Various origins: * Borrowed from Austrian German Supan, an occupational surname for an administrator in a Slavic-speaking region. Ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *županъ, from *župa (“area, district”). * Germanized form of Slovene Zupan, from Proto-Slavic *županъ, from *župa (“area, district”). *…
    How common is the surname Supan?
    584 people in the United States had the surname Supan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 528,674 Americans. It ranked 37,993rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Supan?
    In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Supan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Supan?
    Alexander Georg Supan, Austrian geographer (1847-1920).
    Where is the surname Supan most common?
    Wikidata records people named Supan in Austria–Hungary.
    What type of surname is Supan?
    Supan is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Supan getting more or less common?
    More common. 503 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 584 in 2010, up 16%.