How common is the surname Peper?

1,009 people in the United States had the surname Peper in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 305,992 Americans. It ranked 24,718th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Peper?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Peper identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Peper getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,081 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,009 in 2010, down 6.7%.

The surname Peper

A surname, carried by 1,009 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Peper is more common than 84.8% of them.

Origin

Jewish and north German surname, spelling variant of Pepper; as Dutch, from peper (“pepper”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,009 people named Peper in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 305,992 Americans. That is down 6.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,081.

#24,718

rank among US surnames

1,009

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-6.7%

change since 2000 (was #22,258)

Who is named Peper

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

96% of people named Peper identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Peper

Peper has the Soundex code P160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P160.

Questions

Where does the surname Peper come from?: Jewish and north German surname, spelling variant of Pepper; as Dutch, from peper (“pepper”).
How common is the surname Peper?: 1,009 people in the United States had the surname Peper in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 305,992 Americans. It ranked 24,718th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Peper?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Peper identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Peper getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,081 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,009 in 2010, down 6.7%.