Epstein

Epstein is the 2,875th most common surname in the United States, shared by 12,212 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 24,500.

By the numbers

People: 12,212
Rank: 2,875th
How common: 1 in 24,500
Per 100,000: 4.1

Where the name comes from

Origin German

. See also Epshteyn from Yiddish.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Epstein described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 93.2%
Hispanic or Latino 3.1%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 2.0%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 1.2%
Black, not Hispanic 0.5%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.07%

Notable people called Epstein

Jeffrey Epstein (1953–2019)American sex offender and financier
Brian Epstein (1934–1967)British personal manager and impresario
Jean Epstein (1897–1953)French film director, essayist and novelist
Jacob Epstein (1880–1959)American-British sculptor
Israel Epstein (1915–2005)Chinese politician
Julius J. Epstein (1909–2000)American screenwriter
Philip G. Epstein (1909–1952)American screenwriter
Paul Sophus Epstein (1883–1966)American mathematician

People named Epstein with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.