# Tepper (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/tepper/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,416 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,515 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 90,382 people |
| Change since 2000 | +13% (3,012 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Tepper 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Tepper in the United States.

## People named Tepper

- Sheri S. Tepper, American science fiction, horror and mystery novelist (1929–2016)
- David Tepper, American businessman
- Robert M. Tepper, American singer-songwriter (1950-)
- William Tepper, American actor (1948-2017)
- Sid Tepper, American songwriter (1918-2015)

## Similar surnames

Tupper, Topper, Tapper, Tipper, Toepfer, Tovar, Tabor, Taber, Tobar, Tavera, Tauber, Tober.

## 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.