# Leeper (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,593 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,281 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 46,829 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.0% (6,400 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

English surname from both senses of leap: the verb (sense 1), and the noun leap (“basket”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Leeper 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) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.7% |

## Similar surnames

Lepore, Lepper, Leber, Lever, Leaver, Leifer, Loper, Lapierre, Looper, Lavery, Labrie, Lieber.

## 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.