The Epstein surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,952 people carried this name — #2,786 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 22,800 people counted. That is down 2% from 13,269 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Epstein surname
A surname transferred from the place name, of Jewish usage.
From the place name Eppstein.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Epstein» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 321 people named Epstein 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 City of Buenos Aires.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 137 people named Epstein.
36 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
32 people named Epstein live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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 the Nordic population registers
39 people named Epstein is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Epstein in American newspapers,
1916–1925.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 37,141 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Epstein,
with a public archive behind them.
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Louise Sophie von Spiegel Gräfin von Epstein 1690–1751 -
Aron Epstein d. 1881 · rabbi
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Isidoro Epstein d. 1894 · writer
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Johann Epstein d. 1619
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Joseph D. Epstein d. 2002
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Yeḥiel Mikhel ben Avraham ha-Leṿi Epshṭain 1650–1706 · rabbi
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Epstein.
When the index is not enough
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