Explore the Family Name Eppes

The meaning of Eppes

1. Altered form of English Epps. 2. Dutch: variant of Eppens.

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How common is the last name Eppes in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Eppes witnessed a slight drop in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the surname ranked 25,272 and by 2010 it had fallen to 25,989, marking a decrease of 2.84%. However, despite this slip in rank, the number of people carrying the Eppes name actually grew from 920 in 2000 to 944 in 2010, an increase of 2.61%. The proportion of the population with this surname per 100,000 people also decreased slightly from 0.34 in 2000 to 0.32 in 2010, a change of -5.88%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#25,272	#25,989	-2.84%
Count	920	944	2.61%
Proportion per 100k	0.34	0.32	-5.88%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Eppes

When looking at the ethnic identity associated with the surname Eppes, data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals some interesting trends from 2000 to 2010. The percentage of individuals identifying as White remained almost unchanged, shifting marginally from 57.83% to 57.84%. The Hispanic representation among those with the Eppes surname saw a significant increase, rising from 0.98% in 2000 to 1.59% in 2010, a notable growth of 62.24%. Conversely, the percentage of individuals identifying as Black decreased slightly from 40.76% in 2000 to 39.51% in 2010, a decline of -3.07%. There was no reported data for Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicities, however, there was a new emergence of individuals identifying with two or more races in 2010, making up 0.74% of the total.

	2000	2010	Change
White	57.83%	57.84%	0.02%
Black	40.76%	39.51%	-3.07%
Hispanic	0.98%	1.59%	62.24%
Two or More Races	0%	0.74%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%