# Esper (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/esper/  
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) | 1,232 |
| US rank (2010) | 21,272 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 250,605 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.8% (1,176 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Esper 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) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 7.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Esper in the United States.

## People named Esper

- Mark T. Esper, 27th United States Secretary of Defense (2017-2020)
- Michael Esper, American actor

## Similar surnames

Esparza, Espiritu, Esperanza, Espericueta, Escobar, Echevarria, Echeverria, Egbert, Echavarria, Echeverri, Echeverry, Ekberg.

## 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.