Explore the Family Name Hypolite

The meaning of Hypolite

French, West Indian (also Haiti), and Mauritian: variant of Hyppolite. This surname was brought to the US almost exclusively from the West Indies.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Hypolite has seen a rise in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In the year 2000, Hypolite was ranked 28,617th most common surname in the U.S., but by 2010 it had moved up to the 26,975th spot, marking a 5.74% change in rank. The count of individuals with the Hypolite surname also increased during this decade from 784 to 899, demonstrating a growth rate of 14.67%. Proportionally, for every 100,000 people in 2000, there were around 0.29 with the Hypolite surname, while in 2010, there were about 0.3 - an increase of 3.45%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#28,617	#26,975	5.74%
Count	784	899	14.67%
Proportion per 100k	0.29	0.3	3.45%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Hypolite

Turning to the ethnic identity associated with the Hypolite surname, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the highest percentage of individuals with this name identify as Black, with the proportion increasing slightly from 91.33% in 2000 to 92.66% in 2010. Meanwhile, those identifying as Two or more races saw a decrease in this period from 6.12% to 3.34%. The proportion of White Hypolites experienced a marginal decline from 1.40% to 1.33%, whereas Hispanic representation saw a substantial jump from 0.64% to 1.45%. There were no identified Hypolites of Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicity during these census years.

	2000	2010	Change
Black	91.33%	92.66%	1.46%
Two or More Races	6.12%	3.34%	-45.42%
Hispanic	0.64%	1.45%	126.56%
White	1.4%	1.33%	-5%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%