How common is the surname Cypher?

1,365 people in the United States had the surname Cypher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 226,187 Americans. It ranked 19,731st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Cypher?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Cypher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Where is the surname Cypher most common?

Wikidata records people named Cypher in the United States.

Is the surname Cypher getting more or less common?

More common. 1,326 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,365 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Cypher

A German surname, carried by 1,365 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cypher is more common than 87.8% of them.

Origin

German origin

Americanized spelling of German Seifer.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,365 people named Cypher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 226,187 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,326.

#19,731

rank among US surnames

1,365

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #19,007)

Who is named Cypher

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

92% of people named Cypher identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cyphers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jon Cypher
Actor, 1932–2026

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Sipher

Surnames that sound like Cypher

Copher

Cypher has the Soundex code C160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C160.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Cypher come from?: Americanized spelling of German Seifer.
How common is the surname Cypher?: 1,365 people in the United States had the surname Cypher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 226,187 Americans. It ranked 19,731st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cypher?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Cypher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Cypher?: Jon Cypher, actor.
Where is the surname Cypher most common?: Wikidata records people named Cypher in the United States.
Is the surname Cypher getting more or less common?: More common. 1,326 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,365 in 2010, up 2.9%.
What are other spellings of Cypher?: Sipher.