How common is the surname Leeper?

6,593 people in the United States had the surname Leeper in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,829 Americans. It ranked 5,281st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Leeper getting more or less common?

More common. 6,400 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,593 in 2010, up 3.0%.

The surname Leeper

A surname, carried by 6,593 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Leeper is more common than 96.7% of them.

Origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,593 people named Leeper in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,829 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,400.

#5,281

rank among US surnames

6,593

people in 2010

2.2

per 100,000 Americans

+3%

change since 2000 (was #5,031)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,273	Vollmer	6,614	46,681
#5,274	Burchfield	6,612	46,695
#5,275	Marchand	6,610	46,709
#5,277	Heiser	6,606	46,737
#5,278	Keil	6,603	46,758
#5,279	Mulcahy	6,595	46,815
#5,280	Amundson	6,594	46,822

Who is named Leeper

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

83% of people named Leeper identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Two or more races 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Leeper

Leeper has the Soundex code L160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L160.

Questions

Where does the surname Leeper come from?: English surname from both senses of leap: the verb (sense 1), and the noun leap (“basket”).
How common is the surname Leeper?: 6,593 people in the United States had the surname Leeper in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,829 Americans. It ranked 5,281st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Leeper?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Leeper identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Leeper getting more or less common?: More common. 6,400 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,593 in 2010, up 3.0%.