How common is the surname Popper?

880 people in the United States had the surname Popper in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 350,847 Americans. It ranked 27,411th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Popper?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Popper identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Popper?

Karl Popper, Austrian-British philosopher of science and social and política e falsificationism and for, followed by David Popper.

Where is the surname Popper most common?

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

Is the surname Popper getting more or less common?

Less common. 950 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 880 in 2010, down 7.4%.

The surname Popper

A German surname, carried by 880 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). Popper is more common than 83.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

A surname from German.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 880 people named Popper in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 350,847 Americans. That is down 7.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 950.

#27,411

rank among US surnames

880

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-7.4%

change since 2000 (was #24,642)

Who is named Popper

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

90% of people named Popper identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Poppers

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Karl Popper
Austrian-British philosopher of science and social and política e falsificationism and for, 1902–1994
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, born 1967

Notable Poppers come mostly from Austria (2), Hungary (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Popper

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Popper come from?: Popper is German in origin.
How common is the surname Popper?: 880 people in the United States had the surname Popper in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 350,847 Americans. It ranked 27,411th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Popper?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Popper identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Popper?: Karl Popper, Austrian-British philosopher of science and social and política e falsificationism and for, followed by David Popper.
Where is the surname Popper most common?: Wikidata records people named Popper in Austria, Hungary and the United States.
Is the surname Popper getting more or less common?: Less common. 950 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 880 in 2010, down 7.4%.