How common is the surname Hooper?

34,247 people in the United States had the surname Hooper in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,015 Americans. It ranked 1,020th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hooper?

Tom Hooper, British-Australian filmmaker, followed by Tobe Hooper.

Where is the surname Hooper most common?

Wikidata records people named Hooper in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and 2 other countries.

How do you pronounce Hooper?

Hooper is /ˈhupɚ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Hooper getting more or less common?

More common. 34,084 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 34,247 in 2010, up 0.5%.

The surname Hooper

An occupational surname, carried by 34,247 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈhupɚ/ 2 syllables Soundex H160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hooper is more common than 99.4% of them.

Origin

A surname originating as an occupation for a person who made hoops for barrels.

Hooper 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 34,247 people named Hooper in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 9,015 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 34,084.

#1,020

rank among US surnames

34,247

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+0.5%

change since 2000 (was #936)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,011	Riggs	34,506	8,948
#1,012	Braun	34,491	8,951
#1,013	Werner	34,488	8,952
#1,014	Quinones	34,468	8,957
#1,015	Saldana	34,434	8,966
#1,016	Mercer	34,431	8,967
#1,017	Hatfield	34,381	8,980

Who is named Hooper

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

79% of people named Hooper identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 79%
Black (not Hispanic) 14%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hoopers

20 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tom Hooper
British-Australian filmmaker, born 1972
Tobe Hooper
American film director, screenwriter and producer (1943-2017)
Nicholas Hooper
British composer, born 1952
William Hooper
American politician (1742-1790)
Nellee Hooper
British composer and record producer, born 1963
Darrow Hooper
Athletics competitor, shot putter (1932–2018)
Kate Hooper
Australian water polo player, born 1978
David Vincent Hooper
British chess player and writer (1915–1998)
Charmaine Hooper
Association football player, born 1968
Michael Hooper
Australian rugby union player, born 1991
Harry Hooper
Baseball player, 1887–1974
Jordan Hooper
American basketball player (born 1992)

Notable Hoopers come mostly from the United States (11), the United Kingdom (4) and Australia (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hooper

Hooper has the Soundex code H160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H160.

Questions

How common is the surname Hooper?: 34,247 people in the United States had the surname Hooper in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,015 Americans. It ranked 1,020th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hooper?: In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Hooper identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hooper?: Tom Hooper, British-Australian filmmaker, followed by Tobe Hooper.
Where is the surname Hooper most common?: Wikidata records people named Hooper in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and 2 other countries.
How do you pronounce Hooper?: Hooper is /ˈhupɚ/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Hooper?: Hooper is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Hooper getting more or less common?: More common. 34,084 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 34,247 in 2010, up 0.5%.