Last Name HEPBURN

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Meaning Local:
The sweet briar by the brook � hiope, a sweet briar, and bourne, a brook. Sir Patrick Hepburn of Hales, eldest son of Sir Adam Hepburn of Hales, was created Lord Hales in 1467 ; his grandson Patrick Lord Hales, was created Earl of Bothwell in 1488, the great grandson of the latter, James, fourth Earl of Bothwell, was created Marquis of Fife, and Duke of Orkney, and married Mary, Queen of Scots, in 1567, but was attainted and banished the same year, and died in the Castle of Malmoe in Norway, in 1577. The family bear a rose in their arms � motto: "Keep Tryst."
Origin English, Scottish, Jewish, Hungarian

Rank 9,118 (2000 US census) 8,733 (1990 US census)
Count 3,291 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 64.75%, or 2131 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 32.03%, or 1054 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.82%, or 60 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 0.94%, or 31 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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