How rare is the last name Pepper?

10,643 people in the United States have the last name Pepper, about 1 in 28,084. It ranks #3,319 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

PEPPER

#3,319

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,643
About
1 in 28,084
This common or more
53.8%
Who bears it

Of the 10,643 people with the last name Pepper, 86% reported their origin as White, 5.3% as Black and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Pepper

#3,317 Lively · 10,645#3,318 Villagomez · 10,644#3,320 Blalock · 10,640#3,320 Choate · 10,640

Spelled almost the same

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

#23,795 Peper · 1,099#79,581 Peeper · 258#100,867 Peiper · 191

Also a first name

As a first name, Pepper ranks #5,885 of 53,615, with 2,818 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2021, with 164 births. See Pepper as a first name

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