The surname Clapper
A surname, carried by 4,944 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex C416
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 4,944 people named Clapper in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,449 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,773.
#6,822
rank among US surnames
4,944
people in 2010
1.7
per 100,000 Americans
+3.6%
change since 2000 (was #6,549)
Who is named Clapper
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
93% of people named Clapper identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as two or more races and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 93%
- Two or more races 2.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Clapper
Clapper has the Soundex code C416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C416.
Questions
- How common is the surname Clapper?
- 4,944 people in the United States had the surname Clapper in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,449 Americans. It ranked 6,822nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Clapper?
- In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Clapper identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Clapper getting more or less common?
- More common. 4,773 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,944 in 2010, up 3.6%.