How Many People Have the Last Name Harper?
people had the surname Harper in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 2,370 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+4,593 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Harper (67.9%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 26.2%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Harper ranks #178. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 70.1% to 67.9%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Harper grew from 119,868 people in 2000 to 124,461 in 2010 (up 3.8%), and its rank fell from #226 to #245. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 44.43 to 42.19 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 119,868 | 124,461 |
| Rank | #226 | #245 |
| Per 100,000 people | 44.43 | 42.19 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Harper
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Harper: H616
👤 Harper as a First Name
Harper is a first name too: about 144,141 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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