How common is the surname Klepper?

2,245 people in the United States had the surname Klepper in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 137,526 Americans. It ranked 13,509th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Klepper?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Klepper identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Klepper?

Jordan Klepper, American comedian.

Where is the surname Klepper most common?

Wikidata records people named Klepper in the United States.

Is the surname Klepper getting more or less common?

More common. 1,987 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,245 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Klepper

A German surname, carried by 2,245 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K416

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Klepper is more common than 91.7% of them.

Origin

German origin

* 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.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,245 people named Klepper in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 137,526 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,987.

#13,509

rank among US surnames

2,245

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+13%

change since 2000 (was #13,925)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,502	Nehring	2,248	137,342
#13,505	Fewell	2,247	137,403
#13,506	Dekker	2,246	137,465
#13,509	Klepper	2,245	137,526
#13,517	Amico	2,244	137,587

Who is named Klepper

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

93% of people named Klepper identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 2.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kleppers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jordan Klepper
American comedian, born 1979

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Klepper

Klepper has the Soundex code K416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K416.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Klepper come from?: * 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”),…
How common is the surname Klepper?: 2,245 people in the United States had the surname Klepper in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 137,526 Americans. It ranked 13,509th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Klepper?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Klepper identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Klepper?: Jordan Klepper, American comedian.
Where is the surname Klepper most common?: Wikidata records people named Klepper in the United States.
Is the surname Klepper getting more or less common?: More common. 1,987 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,245 in 2010, up 13%.