How common is the surname Tupper?

3,973 people in the United States had the surname Tupper in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,711 Americans. It ranked 8,335th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Tupper?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Tupper identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Tupper?

Charles Tupper, 6th Prime Minister of Canada (1821-1915), followed by Earl Tupper.

Where is the surname Tupper most common?

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

How do you pronounce Tupper?

Tupper is /ˈtʌpɚ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Tupper getting more or less common?

More common. 3,663 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,973 in 2010, up 8.5%.

The surname Tupper

A surname, carried by 3,973 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈtʌpɚ/ 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). Tupper is more common than 94.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,973 people named Tupper in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 77,711 Americans. That is up 8.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,663.

#8,335

rank among US surnames

3,973

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+8.5%

change since 2000 (was #8,316)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,330	Sawicki	3,977	77,633
#8,332	Hollar	3,976	77,652
#8,333	Kapp	3,974	77,691
#8,335	Jardine	3,973	77,711
#8,337	Grainger	3,972	77,730
#8,339	Densmore	3,971	77,750

Who is named Tupper

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

92% of people named Tupper identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Tuppers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Notable Tuppers come mostly from Canada (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tupper

Tupper 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 Tupper?: 3,973 people in the United States had the surname Tupper in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,711 Americans. It ranked 8,335th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tupper?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Tupper identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Tupper?: Charles Tupper, 6th Prime Minister of Canada (1821-1915), followed by Earl Tupper.
Where is the surname Tupper most common?: Wikidata records people named Tupper in Canada and the United States.
How do you pronounce Tupper?: Tupper is /ˈtʌpɚ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Tupper getting more or less common?: More common. 3,663 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,973 in 2010, up 8.5%.