The surname Yepez
A Spanish surname, carried by 6,433 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex Y120
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish Yépez.
One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 6,433 people named Yepez in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 47,994 Americans. That is up 42% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,524.
Who is named Yepez
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
96% of people named Yepez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.7% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 96%
- White (not Hispanic) 3.7%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
- Two or more races 0.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Yepez
Yepez has the Soundex code Y120, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Y120.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Yepez come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish Yépez.
- How common is the surname Yepez?
- 6,433 people in the United States had the surname Yepez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,994 Americans. It ranked 5,411th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Yepez?
- In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Yepez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.7% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Yepez getting more or less common?
- More common. 4,524 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,433 in 2010, up 42%.