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    The surname Carper

    A surname, carried by 6,002 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈkɑː(ɹ)pə(ɹ)/ 2 syllables Soundex C616

    Carper: #5,773 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Carper #5,773, 6,002 people Carper: #5,773 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Carper #5,773, 6,002 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Carper is more common than 96.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,002 people named Carper in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 51,440 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,928.

    #5,773
    rank among US surnames
    6,002
    people in 2010
    2.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.2%
    change since 2000 (was #5,407)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,767Guadarrama6,00651,406
    #5,768Papa6,00551,415
    #5,769Wiegand6,00451,423
    #5,773Carper6,00251,440
    #5,776Eicher5,99751,483

    Who is named Carper

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    90% of people named Carper identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Carpers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Tom Carper
      American politician (born 1947)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Carper

    Carper has the Soundex code C616, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C616.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Carper?
    6,002 people in the United States had the surname Carper in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 51,440 Americans. It ranked 5,773rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Carper?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Carper identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Carper?
    Tom Carper, American politician (born 1947).
    Where is the surname Carper most common?
    Wikidata records people named Carper in the United States.
    How do you pronounce Carper?
    Carper is /ˈkɑː(ɹ)pə(ɹ)/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Carper getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,928 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,002 in 2010, up 1.2%.