# Tupper (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/tupper/  
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) | 3,973 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,335 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 77,711 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.5% (3,663 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈtʌpɚ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Tupper 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Tupper in Canada and the United States.

## People named Tupper

- Charles Tupper, 6th Prime Minister of Canada (1821-1915)
- Earl Tupper, American inventor (1907–1983)

## Similar surnames

Tepper, Topper, Tapper, Tipper, Tovar, Tabor, Taber, Tobar, Tavera, Tauber, Tober, Tabora.

## 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.