Skip to content
Name Lineage

    The surname Kapp

    A surname, carried by 3,974 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K100

    Kapp: #8,333 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kapp #8,333, 3,974 people Kapp: #8,333 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kapp #8,333, 3,974 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kapp is more common than 94.9% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,974 people named Kapp in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 77,691 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,957.

    #8,333
    rank among US surnames
    3,974
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.4%
    change since 2000 (was #7,741)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,328Bowker3,98077,574
    #8,330Sawicki3,97777,633
    #8,332Hollar3,97677,652
    #8,333Kapp3,97477,691
    #8,335Jardine3,97377,711
    #8,337Grainger3,97277,730
    #8,339Densmore3,97177,750

    Who is named Kapp

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

    94% of people named Kapp identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Kapps

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Joe Kapp
      American football player, 1938–2023
    • Colin Kapp
      British author, 1928–2007
    • Karl William Kapp
      American economist (1910–1976)

    Notable Kapps come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Kapp

    Kapp has the Soundex code K100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K100.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Kapp?
    3,974 people in the United States had the surname Kapp in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,691 Americans. It ranked 8,333rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kapp?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kapp identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Kapp?
    Joe Kapp, American football player, followed by Colin Kapp.
    Where is the surname Kapp most common?
    Wikidata records people named Kapp in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Kapp getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,957 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,974 in 2010, up 0.4%.