The Lauper surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 228 people carried this name — #82,613 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is up 2% from 223 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,588 people named Lauper live in Switzerland.
They live in 22 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 50 people named Lauper.
18 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Haute-Marne.
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 38 people named Lauper 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 Mendoza.
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 Lauper,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hans Lauper 1895–1936 · dentist
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Claudia Lauper Bushman 1934– · historian
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Hubert Lauper 1944–2024 · politician
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Erwin Lauper 1946–2017 · curler
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Cyndi Lauper 1953– · actor
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Renate Lauper 1954– · teacher
Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lauper.
- Laufer 2,700 · U.S. census
- Lauffenburger 219 · U.S. census
- Lauffer 1,273 · U.S. census
- Laug 247 · U.S. census
- Lauger 123 · U.S. census
- Launey 179 · U.S. census
- Laur 751 · U.S. census
- Laura 2,122 · U.S. census
- Laurain 382 · U.S. census
- Laurance 325 · U.S. census
- Laurant 204 · U.S. census
- Laure 155 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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