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    The surname Luper

    A surname, carried by 2,170 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L160

    Luper: #13,916 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Luper #13,916, 2,170 people Luper: #13,916 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Luper #13,916, 2,170 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Luper is more common than 91.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,170 people named Luper in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 142,279 Americans. That is up 7.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,012.

    #13,916
    rank among US surnames
    2,170
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.9%
    change since 2000 (was #13,796)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,911Forcier2,171142,214
    #13,916Luper2,170142,279
    #13,922Dula2,169142,345

    Who is named Luper

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

    77% of people named Luper identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 6.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 77%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 10%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.1%
    • Two or more races 4.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Luper

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Luper?
    2,170 people in the United States had the surname Luper in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 142,279 Americans. It ranked 13,916th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Luper?
    In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Luper identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Luper getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,012 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,170 in 2010, up 7.9%.