Epps is used as a family name or surname in Germany, England. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Epps
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Germany, England
Meaning:

The genitive form of an old personal name. A Roger Eppe is found in Hundred Rolls.

The lastname is variation of Abbs. Probably a nickname of Abraham; so Tibbs from Theolald, and Watts from Walter. To the similar name Iblis are assigned the arms,"a lady abbess,proper!".

Descendant of Epp, a pet form of names beginning with Eber meaning "boar," as Eburhard and Eburwin.

Epps is a variation of Abbiss. Probably Abby's (that is Abraham :) Scholars, however, thinks it is the Anglo-Saxon Abbissn, a name borne by one of the sons of Hengist.

The surname is a variation of the Apps. Apparently a genitive form of Ape or Appe; a personal name, ante 1066. Domesd.

The surname is variant of the Ebbs. From an old Frisian name Ebbe.

The lastname is variant of Happy. R.G. 16. From natural disposition.

How popular is Epps?

Epps is common in United States, England, Canada, Australia.

Epps is ranked 19937 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Epps bearers increased by 7.09 per cent in 2010 US census to 20112 since 2000, the surname slipped by 37 spots and ranked at 1784. The last name was found in around 7 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 61.87 61.54
White 30.98 33.3
Others 3.12 2.31
Hispanic or Latino 2.52 1.42
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.25 1.14
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.25 0.28
Epps is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in United States which signifies its United States provenence. Around 27453 people have been found who wears Epps as their family name. Epps is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Epps:
1,769 United States25,551
Countries with thousands of Epps:
6,246 England1,105
Countries with hundreds of Epps:
13,971 Canada273
14,130 Australia208
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
9,018 New Zealand79
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
7,769 Scotland44
9,267 Wales25
14,824 Dominican Republic23
172,669 Germany19
10,911 Ireland15
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
414,297 Russia9
58,198 Switzerland9
306,885 France9
476,604 Thailand8
20,087 Colombia8
520,071 Indonesia7
486,533 Brazil6
105,647 Czechia6

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Catherine Epps was 48 years old when she migrated to United States on July 24, 1872. She lived in Germany where she worked as matron and took China from Liverpool. 24 years old Carolina Epps, 27 years old Charles Epps, are other Epps that migrated to US.

Epps Namesakes

  • Garrett Epps, American legal scholar, novelist, and journalist
  • Omar Epps, American actor, rapper
  • Joseph L. Epps, United States Army private
  • Shareeka Epps, American actress
  • Tory Epps, American football defensive tackle
  • Phil Epps, former American football wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers and the New York Jets
  • Ray Epps, Raymond Edward Epps, Jr

Epps Namesakes

  • Garrett Epps, American legal scholar, novelist, and journalist
  • Omar Epps, American actor, rapper
  • Joseph L. Epps, United States Army private
  • Shareeka Epps, American actress
  • Tory Epps, American football defensive tackle
  • Phil Epps, former American football wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers and the New York Jets
  • Ray Epps, Raymond Edward Epps, Jr

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