Sepp

Name: Sepp: recorded bearers, distribution and rank
Creator: Mondonomo
Published: 2026-10-13
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surname · Latin script

Meaning: smith

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 24 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020

/ˈsɛp/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Sepp is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Estonia than in any other country.

rarermore common

DEGermany≈1 in 76K(inferred from the name graph)
USUnited States1 in 990K
EEEstonia1 in 687

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

: Estonia (measured from records)
Record sources: 151 (measured from records)
: 1 in 687 (inferred from the name graph)

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin

smith

Cited for this meaning 1

Russian Surnames

Attested across 28 languages in the etymology graph.

How Sepp is read

Sepp is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

English40%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Sepp in English.
Estonian20%
smith
as a nameRussian Surnames
German18%
from Josef/Joseph, Hebrew Yôsēf 'may he add'
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
from Joseph
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
männl. Vom., Kurzform von
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Spanish5.7%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Sepp in Spanish.

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world

Sepp counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Sepp is recorded, by country
Country					Most common spelling	Sources
EE Estonia	#223	1,789	1 in 687	1.8K	Sepp	43
DE Germany	—	≈1,100 est.	≈1 in 76K	listed	Sepp	94
FI Finland	—	520	1 in 11K	520	Sepp	7
US United States	—	336	1 in 990K	336	Sepp	151
AT Austria	—	≈250 est.	≈1 in 35K	15	Sepp	68
SE Sweden	—	83	1 in 123K	83	Sepp	10

1,789 people counted by Statistics Estonia — Ees- ja perekonnanimed (Population Register). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Statistics Estonia — Ees- ja perekonnanimed (Population Register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way

Sepp is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

Estonian surname3 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Estonia, United States, Spain, Finland
Languages: Estonian, Finnish
Also written Šepp
Spanish surname4 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Brazil, Argentina, Spain, United States
Languages: Spanish, Portuguese
Also written Sépp
a separate name2 spellings in the group
Also written Sépp
Croatian surname9 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Estonia, Croatia
Also written Шепп, Šepp, Сепп

43 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses

Sepp is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

German (esp. Bavarian): short form of JOSEPH .
as a word
In Latvian, Savstarpējās ekonomiskās palīdzības padome
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name

Anton Seppb. 1655BRItalian missionary (1655-1733)
Jan Seppb. 1778NLDutch botanist and entomologist (1778-1853)
Johann Nepomuk Seppb. 1816DEGerman historian and politician (1816-1909)
Hendrik Seppb. 1888EEEstonian historian (1888-1943)
Leo Seppb. 1892EEEstonian politician (1892-1941)
Eleonore Kastnerb. 1910DEnot in their usual nameGerman hairdresser (1910-2015)
Olav Seppb. 1969EEEstonian chess player (born 1969)
Ott Seppb. 1982EEEstonian actor (born 1982)
Adeele Jaagob. 1989EEnot in their usual nameEstonian actress (born 1989)
Uudo Seppb. 1997EEEstonian singer (born 1997)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them

FormalDear Mr Sepp,

InformalHi Sepp,

Evidence

51 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 24 countries.

Official registers attesting Sepp
Country	Register	Year	Count	Rank
EE Estonia	Statistics Estonia — Ees- ja perekonnanimed (Population Register)	—	1.8K	#5
EE Estonia	Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)	—	1.8K	#4
EE Estonia	Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)	—	1.7K	#4
FI Finland	DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)	—	520	#3,341
US United States	Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010	2010	336	#60,045
US United States	Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000	2000	332	#57,406
US United States	Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020	2020	329	#65,168
SE Sweden	Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)	—	83	#8,347
FI Finland	DVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register)	—	30	—
US United States	wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)	—	—	—

Reference works 6

Dictionary of American Family Names
Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
Wikipedia given-name tokens
Wikipedia surname tokens
Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Sepp mean, and where does it come from?: smith Recorded by Russian Surnames.
What are other forms of the name Sepp?: In the etymology graph, Pino, Pepito and Yusup are forms of the same name in other languages.
How do you pronounce Sepp?: A machine transcription gives /ˈsɛp/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Sepp have the most bearers?: In Estonia, the national register counted about 1.8 thousand people named Sepp, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sepp.
Where is Sepp most common?: Sepp is densest in Estonia, where the national register counts about 1 in 687 people carrying it.
How common is the name Sepp?: In Estonia, the national register counted 1,789 people named Sepp, about 1 in 687 residents.
How common is Sepp compared with other names?: In Estonia, Sepp is the 223rd most common surname of 37,297 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of 2026-10-13 and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Sepp” — the 223rd most common surname in Estonia. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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