Last Name RIPLEY

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Local: Of Ripley, a parish north of the Nidd, near Ripon, county York. Local: A market-town in west Yorkshire, England, from the Saxon 'rypan,' to divide or separate, and 'ley,' uncultivated lands, a pasture.

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	3,670 (2000 US census)	3,794 (1990 US census)

Count	8,892 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

91.57%, or 8142 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
2.95%, or 262 total occurrences, as black,
1.23%, or 109 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.53%, or 47 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.75%, or 156 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.98%, or 176 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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