Rzepecki: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Rzepecki and Rzepka are two spellings with one history. Its meaning, shared with Rzepka, is “Little turnip”.

Heraldry and the Rzepecki name

Arms linked to Rzepka and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

How the spelling arose

Records show Rzepecki as one of the forms Rzepka took over time. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. Other spellings include Rzepa.

The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Rzepecki with 360 bearers, at rank 56,710. It sits among the 100,000 most common last names in the country. French birth records list 137 children named Rzepecki between 1891 and 2000. For the full story, order the Rzepecki surname pack.