How common is the surname Draper?

24,337 people in the United States had the surname Draper in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,686 Americans. It ranked 1,467th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Draper?

Henry Draper, American physician and astronomer (1837–1882), followed by John William Draper.

Where is the surname Draper most common?

Wikidata records people named Draper in the United States, Croatia and the Kingdom of Great Britain.

How do you pronounce Draper?

Draper is /ˈdɹeɪpɚ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Draper getting more or less common?

More common. 23,242 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 24,337 in 2010, up 4.7%.

The surname Draper

An occupational surname, carried by 24,337 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈdɹeɪpɚ/ 2 syllables Soundex D616

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Draper is more common than 99.1% of them.

Origin

English occupational surname, from the noun draper.

Draper is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 24,337 people named Draper in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 12,686 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 23,242.

#1,467

rank among US surnames

24,337

people in 2010

8.3

per 100,000 Americans

+4.7%

change since 2000 (was #1,397)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,458	Burrell	24,504	12,600
#1,459	Funk	24,419	12,644
#1,460	Crowder	24,396	12,656
#1,461	Schulz	24,385	12,661
#1,462	Sanderson	24,384	12,662
#1,464	Tolbert	24,375	12,666
#1,465	Lund	24,347	12,681

Who is named Draper

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

79% of people named Draper identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 79%
Black (not Hispanic) 14%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Drapers

18 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Henry Draper
American physician and astronomer (1837–1882)
John William Draper
British-American academic (1811-1882)
John Draper
American computer programmer and former phone phreak, born 1943
Charles Stark Draper
American engineer (1901–1987)
Foy Draper
Athletics competitor (1911–1943)
Polly Draper
Actress, director, writer, and producer (born 1955)
Dontaye Draper
American basketball player, born 1984
Courtnee Draper
American actress, born 1985
Hal Draper
American activist and author (1914-1990)
Fred Draper
American actor (1925-1999)
Dorothy Draper
American interior designer (1889-1969)
Jesse Draper
Actress and talk show host, born 1986

Notable Drapers come mostly from the United States (16), Croatia (1) and the Kingdom of Great Britain (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Drapper

Surnames that sound like Draper

Driver

Draper has the Soundex code D616, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D616.

Questions

Where does the surname Draper come from?: English occupational surname, from the noun draper.
How common is the surname Draper?: 24,337 people in the United States had the surname Draper in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,686 Americans. It ranked 1,467th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Draper?: In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Draper identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Draper?: Henry Draper, American physician and astronomer (1837–1882), followed by John William Draper.
Where is the surname Draper most common?: Wikidata records people named Draper in the United States, Croatia and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
How do you pronounce Draper?: Draper is /ˈdɹeɪpɚ/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Draper?: Draper is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Draper getting more or less common?: More common. 23,242 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 24,337 in 2010, up 4.7%.
What are other spellings of Draper?: Drapper.