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    The surname Kuipers

    A Dutch surname, carried by 1,534 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K162

    Kuipers: #18,144 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kuipers #18,144, 1,534 people Kuipers: #18,144 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kuipers #18,144, 1,534 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kuipers is more common than 88.8% of them.

    Origin

    Dutch origin

    Borrowed from Dutch Kuipers.

    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 1,534 people named Kuipers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 201,268 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,344.

    #18,144
    rank among US surnames
    1,534
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +14.1%
    change since 2000 (was #18,827)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,137Hulin1,535201,137
    #18,144McGirt1,534201,268

    Who is named Kuipers

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

    96% of people named Kuipers identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.2% as two or more races and 1.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other Dutch surnames

    All 167 Dutch surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kuipers come from?
    Borrowed from Dutch Kuipers.
    How common is the surname Kuipers?
    1,534 people in the United States had the surname Kuipers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 201,268 Americans. It ranked 18,144th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kuipers?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kuipers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Kuipers getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,344 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,534 in 2010, up 14%.