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The Sepe surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,417 people carried this name — #19,166 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 208,300 people counted. That is up 2% from 1,385 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Sepe surname

From sepe, variant of siepe (“hedge”), probably a topographic surname.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Sepe» (Italian), 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 152 people named Sepe 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.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 102
City of Buenos Aires 27
Misiones 23

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

91 people named Sepe live in Switzerland.

They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

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

Where they live today

Vaud 39
Zurich 13
Ticino 12
Geneva 6
Aargau 5
Basel-Landschaft 5
Basel-Stadt 4
Valais 4

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 78 people named Sepe.

29 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Pyrénées-Atlantiques.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 29
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 19
Var 10
Bouches-du-Rhône 7
Gironde 7
Cher 2
Hautes-Pyrénées 2
Vosges 1
Val-de-Marne 1

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

In print

Sepe in American newspapers,
1815–1924.

Newspaper page from The Indianapolis Times carrying the name Sepe
The Indianapolis Times 1924-08-30
Newspaper page from La Democracia carrying the name Sepe
La Democracia 1904-11-25
Newspaper page from The Rhode-island Republican carrying the name Sepe
The Rhode-island Republican 1815-09-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,381 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Sepe,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Majda Sepe
    Majda Sepe 1937–2006 · singer
  • Majda Sepe
    Majda Sepe 1937–2006 · singer
  • Majda Sepe
    Majda Sepe 1937–2006 · singer
  • Mojmir Sepe 1930–2020 · composer
  • Mojmir Sepe 1930–2020 · composer
  • Mojmir Sepe 1930–2020 · composer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Sepe.

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