How common is the surname Topper?

2,720 people in the United States had the surname Topper in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 113,509 Americans. It ranked 11,555th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Topper?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Topper identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Topper?

Burt Topper, American film director and screenwriter (1928-2007), followed by Hertha Töpper.

Where is the surname Topper most common?

Wikidata records people named Topper in the United States and Austria.

Is the surname Topper getting more or less common?

More common. 2,681 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,720 in 2010, up 1.5%.

The surname Topper

A surname, carried by 2,720 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Topper is more common than 92.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,720 people named Topper in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 113,509 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,681.

#11,555

rank among US surnames

2,720

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+1.5%

change since 2000 (was #10,898)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,550	Comerford	2,722	113,426
#11,553	Stice	2,721	113,468
#11,555	Rall	2,720	113,509
#11,560	Lupton	2,719	113,551

Who is named Topper

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

95% of people named Topper identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Toppers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Burt Topper
American film director and screenwriter (1928-2007)
Hertha Töpper
Austrian contralto opera singer (1924–2020)

Notable Toppers come mostly from the United States (1) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Topper

Topper has the Soundex code T160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T160.

Questions

How common is the surname Topper?: 2,720 people in the United States had the surname Topper in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 113,509 Americans. It ranked 11,555th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Topper?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Topper identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Topper?: Burt Topper, American film director and screenwriter (1928-2007), followed by Hertha Töpper.
Where is the surname Topper most common?: Wikidata records people named Topper in the United States and Austria.
Is the surname Topper getting more or less common?: More common. 2,681 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,720 in 2010, up 1.5%.