# Klepper (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/klepper/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,245 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,509 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 137,526 people |
| Change since 2000 | +13% (1,987 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an East German (Silesian) surname, dialectal variant of Klöpfer, Klopfer (“doorknocker”). * Also as a German surname, from the verb klappern (“to chatter”). * As a rare German surname, from the noun Klepper (“nag, old horse”). * As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish קלעפּן (klepn, “to stick”), for which see kleben.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Klepper 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Klepper in the United States.

## People named Klepper

- Jordan Klepper, American comedian

## Similar surnames

Kleiber, Kleber, Kilburn, Killebrew, Kilbourne, Kilbourn, Kilbride, Kolberg.

## 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.