How common is the last name Harper?

119,191 people in the United States have the last name Harper, about 1 in 2,508. It ranks #255 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

HARPER

#255

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
119,191
About
1 in 2,508
This common or more
24.9%
Who bears it

Of the 119,191 people with the last name Harper, 65.3% reported their origin as White, 25.4% as Black and 4.6% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Harper

#253 Maldonado · 119,954#254 Wheeler · 119,866#256 Burke · 118,342#257 Larson · 117,441

Spelled almost the same

2 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Harper, most common first.

#9,974 Harber · 3,087#98,501 Harver · 197

Also a first name

As a first name, Harper ranks #579 of 53,615, with 92,376 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2016, with 11,102 births. See Harper as a first name

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