# Hopper (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hopper/  
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) | 27,353 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,281 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 11,287 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.5% (26,956 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English and Scottish surname, from the verb hop; identical to hopper. * As a German surname, from hoppen (“to stumble, limp”), related to above. * As a Dutch surname, from hop (“Humulus lupulus”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hopper 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) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hopper in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Hopper

- Grace Hopper, American computer scientist and United States Navy officer (1906–1992)
- Dennis Hopper, American actor and film director (1936–2010)
- Edward Hopper, American realist painter and printmaker (1882-1967)
- Hedda Hopper, American gossip columnist and actress (1885–1966)
- Tom Hopper, British actor (b. 1985)
- William Hopper, American actor (1915–1970)
- Stephen Hopper, Australian botanist (born 1951)
- Josephine Hopper, American painter and model (1883-1967)
- DeWolf Hopper, American actor (1858-1935)
- Edna Wallace Hopper, American actress (1872–1959)
- Jerry Hopper, American film director (1907–1988)
- Henry Hopper, American actor

and 2 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Hooper, Hoover, Hofer, Hoffer, Hover, Hoefer, Huber, Haber, Hafer, Huffer, Hoffpauir, Haver.

## 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.