How common is the surname Vesper?

1,048 people in the United States had the surname Vesper in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 294,605 Americans. It ranked 24,049th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Vesper?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Vesper identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

How do you pronounce Vesper?

Vesper is /ˈvɛspɚ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Vesper getting more or less common?

More common. 932 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,048 in 2010, up 12%.

The surname Vesper

A German surname, carried by 1,048 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈvɛspɚ/ 2 syllables Soundex V216

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vesper is more common than 85.2% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Vesper.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,048 people named Vesper in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 294,605 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 932.

#24,049

rank among US surnames

1,048

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+12.4%

change since 2000 (was #25,006)

Who is named Vesper

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

94% of people named Vesper identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Vesper come from?: Borrowed from German Vesper.
How common is the surname Vesper?: 1,048 people in the United States had the surname Vesper in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 294,605 Americans. It ranked 24,049th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vesper?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Vesper identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
How do you pronounce Vesper?: Vesper is /ˈvɛspɚ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Vesper getting more or less common?: More common. 932 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,048 in 2010, up 12%.