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    The surname Kuiper

    A Dutch surname, carried by 2,412 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈkaɪpɚ/ 2 syllables Soundex K160

    Kuiper: #12,789 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kuiper #12,789, 2,412 people Kuiper: #12,789 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kuiper #12,789, 2,412 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kuiper is more common than 92.1% of them.

    Origin

    Dutch origin

    From Dutch Kuiper. Doublet of Cooper.

    One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,412 people named Kuiper in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 128,004 Americans. That is up 6.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,268.

    #12,789
    rank among US surnames
    2,412
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.3%
    change since 2000 (was #12,533)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,782Garibaldi2,414127,898
    #12,785Klock2,413127,951
    #12,789Sailor2,412128,004
    #12,794Scalzo2,411128,057
    #12,795Schueller2,410128,110

    Who is named Kuiper

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

    96% of people named Kuiper identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Kuiper

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

    Other Dutch surnames

    All 167 Dutch surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kuiper come from?
    From Dutch Kuiper. Doublet of Cooper.
    How common is the surname Kuiper?
    2,412 people in the United States had the surname Kuiper in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 128,004 Americans. It ranked 12,789th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kuiper?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kuiper identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    How do you pronounce Kuiper?
    Kuiper is /ˈkaɪpɚ/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Kuiper getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,268 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,412 in 2010, up 6.3%.
    What are other spellings of Kuiper?
    Kuipers, Kuijpers and Kuypers.