How common is the surname Torpey?

1,409 people in the United States had the surname Torpey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 219,124 Americans. It ranked 19,242nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Torpey?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Torpey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Torpey?

Pat Torpey, American drummer (1953–2018).

Where is the surname Torpey most common?

Wikidata records people named Torpey in the United States.

Is the surname Torpey getting more or less common?

More common. 1,333 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,409 in 2010, up 5.7%.

The surname Torpey

An Irish surname, carried by 1,409 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T610

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Torpey is more common than 88.1% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Variant of Tarpey.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,409 people named Torpey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 219,124 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,333.

#19,242

rank among US surnames

1,409

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+5.7%

change since 2000 (was #18,938)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,234	Selle	1,410	218,968
#19,242	Stuhr	1,409	219,124

Who is named Torpey

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

95% of people named Torpey identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Two or more races 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Torpeys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Pat Torpey
American drummer (1953–2018)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Torpey

Torpey has the Soundex code T610, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T610.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Torpey come from?: Variant of Tarpey.
How common is the surname Torpey?: 1,409 people in the United States had the surname Torpey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 219,124 Americans. It ranked 19,242nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Torpey?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Torpey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Torpey?: Pat Torpey, American drummer (1953–2018).
Where is the surname Torpey most common?: Wikidata records people named Torpey in the United States.
Is the surname Torpey getting more or less common?: More common. 1,333 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,409 in 2010, up 5.7%.