# Carper (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/carper/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,002 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,773 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 51,440 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.2% (5,928 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɑː(ɹ)pə(ɹ)/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Carper in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Carper in the United States.

## People named Carper

- Tom Carper, American politician (born 1947)

## Similar surnames

Cropper, Carver, Craver, Carberry, Crawford, Cervera, Corbridge.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.