# Piper (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/piper/  
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.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 22,329 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,607 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 13,827 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.7% (21,526 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈpaɪpə(ɹ)/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Piper 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) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Piper in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Piper

- Billie Piper, British actress and singer (born 1982)
- John Piper, American theologian and writer
- Donald Piper, basketball player (1911–1963)
- H. Beam Piper, American science fiction writer (1904–1964)
- Adrian Piper, American artist (b. 1948)
- Carly Piper, American swimmer
- Charles Piper, American botanist (1867–1926)
- Randy Piper, American guitarist

## Similar surnames

Pieper, Popper, Peper, Phifer, Pifer, Pfeiffer, Pepper, Pfeifer, Pfeffer, Peiffer, Puffer, Peffer.

## 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.