Find out how popular the last name DePaepe is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named DePaepe.

DePaepe, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the DePaepe surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of DePaepe in America

DePaepe is the 73215th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The DePaepe surname appeared 265 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname DePaepe.

We can also compare 2010 data for DePaepe to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name DePaepe

The surname DEPAEPE originated in the Flemish regions of Belgium and the Netherlands in the medieval period. It is derived from a medieval Flemish personal name "Paepe" or "Pape", which was a nickname for someone with priestly or scholarly leanings. The prefix "de" means "of" or "from" in Dutch and French.

The earliest recorded instance of the surname DEPAEPE dates back to the 13th century in the region of West Flanders, Belgium. It was likely initially adopted by someone who either had an ancestor named Paepe or came from a place named after such an individual. Similar early spellings of the name included DePape, DePaype, and DePaepe.

In the 14th century, a man named Jehan DePaepe was recorded as a landowner in the town of Veurne, West Flanders. His name appeared in local tax records and land registries from that time period.

The DEPAEPE name also has ties to the town of Poperinge, located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The town's name was derived from an old Flemish word "poperinghe", meaning "dwelling of the people". It is possible that some early bearers of the DEPAEPE surname hailed from or had connections to this town.

Notable individuals with the DEPAEPE surname throughout history include:

1. Jozef DEPAEPE (1857-1923), a Belgian painter and etcher known for his landscapes and cityscapes of Ghent and Bruges.

2. Hubert DEPAEPE (1870-1945), a Belgian politician who served as the Mayor of Kortrijk from 1920 to 1938.

3. Georges DEPAEPE (1914-1997), a French resistance fighter during World War II and recipient of the Croix de Guerre for his bravery.

4. Luc DEPAEPE (born 1959), a Belgian football player who played as a defender for clubs like Club Brugge and KV Kortrijk in the 1980s.

5. Leen DEPAEPE (born 1972), a Belgian professional cyclist who won multiple stages of the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name DePaepe

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname DePaepe.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for DePaepe was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of DePaepe has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name DePaepe was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

If you have a correction or suggestion to improve the history of DePaepe, please contact us.

Reference this page

We spend a lot of resources downloading, cleaning, merging, and formatting the data that is shown on the site.

If you found the data or information on this page useful in your research, please use the tool below to properly cite or reference Name Census as the source. We appreciate your support!