# Pepper (surname)

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

A surname originating as an occupation for a seller of pepper.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 11,374 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,178 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 27,145 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.9% (11,274 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pepper 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) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pepper in the United States.

## People named Pepper

- Art Pepper, American saxophonist (1925–1982)
- Jeannie Pepper, American adult film actress (born 1958)
- Beverly Pepper, American artist (1922-2020)
- Claude Pepper, American politician (1900–1989)
- Barbara Pepper, American actress
- Jim Pepper, American Kaw-Muscogee Creek jazz musician (1941-1992)
- George W. Pepper, American politician (1867-1961)

## Similar surnames

Pieper, Popper, Peper, Peffer, Peifer, Piper, Pfeiffer, Pfeifer, Phifer, Pfeffer, Pifer, Peiffer.

## 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.