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    The surname Turpen

    A surname, carried by 1,753 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T615

    Turpen: #16,415 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Turpen #16,415, 1,753 people Turpen: #16,415 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Turpen #16,415, 1,753 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Turpen is more common than 89.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,753 people named Turpen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 176,124 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,734.

    #16,415
    rank among US surnames
    1,753
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.1%
    change since 2000 (was #15,500)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,407Dillion1,754176,024
    #16,415Pietsch1,753176,124
    #16,420Bardsley1,752176,225

    Who is named Turpen

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

    94% of people named Turpen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as two or more races and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Turpen

    Turpen has the Soundex code T615, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T615.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Turpen?
    1,753 people in the United States had the surname Turpen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 176,124 Americans. It ranked 16,415th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Turpen?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Turpen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Turpen getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,734 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,753 in 2010, up 1.1%.