Epp surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Epp surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,127 people carried this name — #14,127 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 138,900 people counted. That is up 1% from 2,105 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

679 people named Epp live in Switzerland.

They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Uri.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Uri 363
Zurich 68
Lucerne 60
Schwyz 34
Aargau 26
Obwalden 25
Bern 19
Zug 18

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 240 people named Epp.

5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 5
Bas-Rhin 173
Vosges 13
Moselle 11
Doubs 8
Paris 8
Haut-Rhin 7
Côte-d’Or 3
Isère 2

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 70 people named Epp live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 39
Misiones 31

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Epp in American newspapers,
1911–1919.

Newspaper page from The Medina Sentinel carrying the name Epp
The Medina Sentinel 1919-09-05
Newspaper page from The Medina Sentinel carrying the name Epp
The Medina Sentinel 1919-04-11
Newspaper page from Nebraska Staats-zeitung carrying the name Epp
Nebraska Staats-zeitung 1911-05-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 129,609 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Epp,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Georg Epp d. 1507 · theologian
  • Johann Joachim Epp 1694–1757
  • Dominik Epp 1776–1848 · politician
  • Dominik Epp 1810–1885
  • Dominik Epp 1837–1907
  • Dominik Epp 1874–1957

Wikidata (CC0).

When the index is not enough

This page says where Epp is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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