How common is the surname Napp?

571 people in the United States had the surname Napp in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 540,710 Americans. It ranked 38,691st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Napp?

In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Napp identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Napp getting more or less common?

Less common. 624 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 571 in 2010, down 8.5%.

The surname Napp

An occupational surname, carried by 571 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex N100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Napp is more common than 76.2% of them.

Origin

Various origins: * As an English surname, variant of Nabb or reduced from McNabb. * As a German surname, a variant spelling of Knapp. * English metonymic occupational surname for a maker or seller of tablecloths, from Old French nappe (“table cloth”). * Borrowed from German Napp, a metonymic occupational surname for a bowl or cup maker, from Middle Low German nap (“bowl, mug”), from Old Saxon *hnapp, from Proto-West Germanic *hnapp.

Napp is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 571 people named Napp in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 540,710 Americans. That is down 8.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 624.

#38,691

rank among US surnames

571

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-8.5%

change since 2000 (was #34,342)

Who is named Napp

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

89% of people named Napp identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.0%
Two or more races 2.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Napp

Nappi

Napp has the Soundex code N100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N100.

Questions

Where does the surname Napp come from?: Various origins: * As an English surname, variant of Nabb or reduced from McNabb. * As a German surname, a variant spelling of Knapp. * English metonymic occupational surname for a maker or seller of tablecloths, from Old French nappe (“table cloth”). * Borrowed from German Napp, a metonymic…
How common is the surname Napp?: 571 people in the United States had the surname Napp in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 540,710 Americans. It ranked 38,691st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Napp?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Napp identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Napp?: Napp is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Napp getting more or less common?: Less common. 624 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 571 in 2010, down 8.5%.