How common is the surname Schipper?

2,961 people in the United States had the surname Schipper in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 104,271 Americans. It ranked 10,772nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schipper?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schipper identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Schipper?

Jessicah Schipper, Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, world champion, former world record-holder.

Where is the surname Schipper most common?

Wikidata records people named Schipper in Australia.

Is the surname Schipper getting more or less common?

More common. 2,712 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,961 in 2010, up 9.2%.

The surname Schipper

A surname, carried by 2,961 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schipper is more common than 93.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,961 people named Schipper in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 104,271 Americans. That is up 9.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,712.

#10,772

rank among US surnames

2,961

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+9.2%

change since 2000 (was #10,797)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,763	Campanella	2,964	104,165
#10,765	Center	2,963	104,200
#10,769	Collinsworth	2,962	104,235
#10,772	Baranowski	2,961	104,271
#10,777	Petrosky	2,960	104,306
#10,779	Collin	2,959	104,341

Who is named Schipper

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

95% of people named Schipper identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Two or more races 1.0%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schippers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jessicah Schipper
Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, world champion, former world record-holder, born 1986

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schipper

Schipper has the Soundex code S160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S160.

Questions

How common is the surname Schipper?: 2,961 people in the United States had the surname Schipper in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 104,271 Americans. It ranked 10,772nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schipper?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schipper identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Schipper?: Jessicah Schipper, Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, world champion, former world record-holder.
Where is the surname Schipper most common?: Wikidata records people named Schipper in Australia.
Is the surname Schipper getting more or less common?: More common. 2,712 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,961 in 2010, up 9.2%.