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    The surname Kiper

    A surname, carried by 1,100 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K160

    Kiper: #23,185 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kiper #23,185, 1,100 people Kiper: #23,185 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kiper #23,185, 1,100 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kiper is more common than 85.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,100 people named Kiper in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 280,678 Americans. That is down 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,134.

    #23,185
    rank among US surnames
    1,100
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -3%
    change since 2000 (was #21,479)

    Who is named Kiper

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

    88% of people named Kiper identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.2%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Kipers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jessica Kiper
      American actress and singer, born 1979

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kiper

    Kiper has the Soundex code K160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K160.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Kiper?
    1,100 people in the United States had the surname Kiper in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 280,678 Americans. It ranked 23,185th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kiper?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Kiper identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Kiper?
    Jessica Kiper, American actress and singer.
    Where is the surname Kiper most common?
    Wikidata records people named Kiper in the United States.
    Is the surname Kiper getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,134 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,100 in 2010, down 3.0%.