# Popper (surname)

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

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 880 |
| US rank (2010) | 27,411 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 350,847 people |
| Change since 2000 | -7.4% (950 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Popper 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) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 5.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Popper in Austria, Hungary and the United States.

## People named Popper

- Karl Popper, Austrian-British philosopher of science and social and política e falsificationism and for
- David Popper, Bohemian cellist and composer (1843–1913)
- Josef Popper-Lynkeus, Austrian inventor, social reformer and author (1838–1921)
- John Popper, Blues Traveler founder; harmonica player; vocalist; musician

## Similar surnames

Piper, Pepper, Peper, Pfeiffer, Pfeifer, Pieper, Phifer, Pfeffer, Pifer, 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.