The Kipper surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 902 people carried this name — #26,910 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 322,600 people counted. That is down 5% from 948 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Kipper surname
Borrowed from English kipper.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Kipper» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 154 people named Kipper.
6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Moselle.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 131 people named Kipper live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Misiones.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Kipper,
with a public archive behind them.
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Heinrich Kipper 1875–1959 · writer -
Jaan Kipper 1870– · agronomist
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Paul Kipper 1876–1963 · judge
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Friedrich Kipper 1885–1939
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Ada Twerski 1887–1980 · activist
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Jüri Kipper 1907–1995 · teacher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kipper.
- Kindt 1,407 · U.S. census
- King 465,422 · U.S. census
- Kint 453 · U.S. census
- Kintz 1,675 · U.S. census
- Kipfer 573 · U.S. census
- Kipp 5,978 · U.S. census
- Kirch 1,818 · U.S. census
- Kircher 3,765 · U.S. census
- Kirchhoff 1,851 · U.S. census
- Kirchmann 284 · U.S. census
- Kirchner 10,044 · U.S. census
- Kirn 1,297 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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