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The surname Kappler

A surname, carried by 1,409 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K146

Kappler: #19,242 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kappler #19,242, 1,409 people Kappler: #19,242 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kappler #19,242, 1,409 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kappler is more common than 88.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,409 people named Kappler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 219,124 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,258.

#19,242
rank among US surnames
1,409
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+12%
change since 2000 (was #19,797)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#19,234Selle1,410218,968
#19,242Stuhr1,409219,124

Who is named Kappler

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

93% of people named Kappler identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

  • White (not Hispanic) 93%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
  • Two or more races 0.5%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kapplers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • John Kappler
    American immunologist, born 1943

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kappler

Kappler has the Soundex code K146, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K146.

Questions

How common is the surname Kappler?
1,409 people in the United States had the surname Kappler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 219,124 Americans. It ranked 19,242nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kappler?
In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Kappler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kappler?
John Kappler, American immunologist.
Where is the surname Kappler most common?
Wikidata records people named Kappler in the United States.
Is the surname Kappler getting more or less common?
More common. 1,258 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,409 in 2010, up 12%.