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    The surname Ripper

    A Norse surname, carried by 781 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R160

    Ripper: #30,043 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Ripper #30,043, 781 people Ripper: #30,043 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Ripper #30,043, 781 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ripper is more common than 81.5% of them.

    Origin

    Norse origin

    * 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.

    One of 126 Norse surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 781 people named Ripper in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 395,321 Americans. That is down 7.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 845.

    #30,043
    rank among US surnames
    781
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -7.6%
    change since 2000 (was #26,987)

    Who is named Ripper

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

    95% of people named Ripper identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ripper

    Ripper has the Soundex code R160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R160.

    Other Norse surnames

    All 126 Norse surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ripper come from?
    * 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.
    How common is the surname Ripper?
    781 people in the United States had the surname Ripper in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 395,321 Americans. It ranked 30,043rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ripper?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ripper identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Ripper getting more or less common?
    Less common. 845 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 781 in 2010, down 7.6%.