The Nipper surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,157 people carried this name — #7,958 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 70,900 people counted. That is up 4% from 3,982 in 2000.

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In print

Nipper in American newspapers,
1902–1903.

Newspaper page from The Butte Inter Mountain carrying the name Nipper
The Butte Inter Mountain 1902-01-28
Newspaper page from The Butte Inter Mountain carrying the name Nipper
The Butte Inter Mountain 1903-07-10
Newspaper page from The Butte Inter Mountain carrying the name Nipper
The Butte Inter Mountain 1903-08-29

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Nipper in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1980s.

2,220 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Nipper. The most, 603, date from the 1880s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Western Australia, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 848
Victoria 698
South Australia 191
Western Australia 182
Queensland 173
Tasmania 116
ACT (Canberra) 9
Northern Territory 3

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Nipper.

Who carried it

People named Nipper,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Heinrich Nipper 1901–1968 · engineer

Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Nipper,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States261 records

261 records of the Nipper name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 126
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 66
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 46
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 13
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 3
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Mervin F. Nipper

    Born 1910 in Arkansas. Enlisted 1942 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi; driver from Lawrence County, Alabama. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, Austin, Arkansas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Elisab Nipper

    Arrived at Baltimore in 1845 aboard the Condor from Bremen, aged 38; farmer. From Essen, Germany; bound for Cincinnati.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Donald Edward Nipper

    Born 1948; from Knoxville, Tennessee. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Binh Duong, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 261 records for Nipper in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Netherlands50 records

50 records of the Nipper name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 32
  • Dutch population registers 15
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 3
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Johannes Nipper

    Married in 1877 in Oude Pekela; clog maker. Died 1919 in Veele (Vlagtwedde), aged 80.

    Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Klaas Nipper

    Buried in 1778 in Willemstad.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Heinrich Nipper

    Died 1907 in Horn, aged 26.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 50 records for Nipper in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Australia36 records

36 records of the Nipper name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 30
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 5
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Clarence Frank Nipper

    Company director of Kew, Victoria; died 1995.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Fredk Nipper

    Arrived in Victoria in 1889 aboard the Ormuz, aged 52.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Isabella Nipper

    Married 1864 in Westbury, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 36 records for Nipper in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Germany21 records

21 records of the Nipper name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Heinrich Nipper

    From Diepholz. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 11 November 1915; then reported dead in the list of 29 November 1915 (Infantry Regiment No. 78).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Bernhard Nipper

    From Lenkum, Cloppenburg. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 21 January 1919 (Infantry Regiment No. 76).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Josef Nipper

    From Essen, Cloppenburg. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 26 May 1917.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 21 records for Nipper in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

Canada4 records

4 records of the Nipper name in Canada City of Winnipeg cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Eugenia Nipper

    Died 1990, aged 76; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Alexander Nipper

    Died 1980; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Eugenia Nipper

    Died 1990; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.

Showing 3 of 4 records for Nipper in Canada.

Counts: City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

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