Last Name EPP

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Meaning The son of Ebb. The name has no connection with Ebba, sister of St. Oswald and founder of Coldingham Priority. Ebb, the parent of our Ebbs and Epps was the nickname of Isabella, ado popular in its day. Isabella took two nicknames Ibb and Ebb, and two diminutives Ibbot and Ebbot.
Origin English, Irish, Austrian, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank 13,291 (2000 US census) 10,362 (1990 US census)
Count 2,105 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 95.2%, or 2004 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 1.66%, or 35 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.28%, or 27 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 0.9%, or 19 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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