# Ripper (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norse |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 781 |
| US rank (2010) | 30,043 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 395,321 people |
| Change since 2000 | -7.6% (845 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, from Middle English ripier (“basket”), from Old Norse hrip, from Proto-Germanic *hrepaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend”). * As a Scottish surname, from Middle English reper (“reaper, harvester”) (modern reaper). * As a German surname, variant of Ripp.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ripper 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) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Similar surnames

Roper, Raper, Rapier, Rivera, Rivero, Ribera, Ribeiro, Raber, Reber, Reiber, Raver, Revere.

## 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.