How common is the surname Tepe?

1,083 people in the United States had the surname Tepe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 285,084 Americans. It ranked 23,472nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Tepe?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Tepe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Where is the surname Tepe most common?

Wikidata records people named Tepe in the United States.

Is the surname Tepe getting more or less common?

More common. 1,037 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,083 in 2010, up 4.4%.

The surname Tepe

A surname, carried by 1,083 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex T100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tepe is more common than 85.5% of them.

Origin

* As a north/Low German and east/Saterland Frisian surname, variant of Tebbe. * As a Turkish surname, from the noun tepe (“peak, hill”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,083 people named Tepe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 285,084 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,037.

#23,472

rank among US surnames

1,083

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+4.4%

change since 2000 (was #23,019)

Who is named Tepe

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

92% of people named Tepe identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
Two or more races 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Tepes

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Amanda Tepe
American actress, born 1977

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tepe

Tepe has the Soundex code T100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T100.

Questions

Where does the surname Tepe come from?: * As a north/Low German and east/Saterland Frisian surname, variant of Tebbe. * As a Turkish surname, from the noun tepe (“peak, hill”).
How common is the surname Tepe?: 1,083 people in the United States had the surname Tepe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 285,084 Americans. It ranked 23,472nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tepe?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Tepe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Tepe?: Amanda Tepe, American actress.
Where is the surname Tepe most common?: Wikidata records people named Tepe in the United States.
Is the surname Tepe getting more or less common?: More common. 1,037 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,083 in 2010, up 4.4%.