Tupper Surname
Approximately 8,089 people bear this surname
Tupper Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the tup-herd'; compare Coward, Gelderd, Calvert, Stoddard, &c. The final 'd' is also lost in Tripherd (v. Tripper) and sometimes in Gelderd (v. Geldard).
Willelmus Tuphird, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Read More About This SurnameTupper Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,021 | 1:72,189 | 8,348 |
| Canada | 1,352 | 1:27,253 | 3,620 |
| England | 813 | 1:68,534 | 7,920 |
| Australia | 352 | 1:76,692 | 8,962 |
| South Africa | 167 | 1:324,417 | 30,492 |
| Chile | 133 | 1:132,455 | 4,687 |
| Brazil | 55 | 1:3,892,261 | 106,836 |
| New Zealand | 26 | 1:174,166 | 18,836 |
| Scotland | 25 | 1:214,153 | 11,205 |
| France | 17 | 1:3,907,219 | 231,005 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Jersey | 14 | 1:7,086 | 1,520 |
| Costa Rica | 11 | 1:434,552 | 3,937 |
| Venezuela | 10 | 1:3,020,408 | 31,795 |
| Denmark | 9 | 1:627,191 | 36,734 |
| Isle of Man | 7 | 1:12,260 | 2,387 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 21 | 1:210,946 | 9,809 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 502 | 1:48,557 | 5,964 |
| Guernsey | 25 | 1:1,306 | 224 |
| Isle of Man | 10 | 1:5,427 | 530 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:522,805 | 14,314 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,441 | 1:34,850 | 4,147 |
The alternate forms: Tüpper (21) are calculated separately.
Tupper (115) may also be a first name.
Tupper Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the tup-herd'; compare Coward, Gelderd, Calvert, Stoddard, &c. The final 'd' is also lost in Tripherd (v. Tripper) and sometimes in Gelderd (v. Geldard).
Willelmus Tuphird, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
1746. Married — George Tupper and Elizabeth Drury: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.
1792. — Richard Davis and Maria Tupper: St. George, Hanover Square.
= Tup(p (q.v.) + the English agential suff. -er: equiv. to Tupman, q.v. Cp. Buller, Calver.
(English) One who bred tups or rams; one who made and sold tubs.
Appears in its original form as Toppfer-a name well-known in the literature of Germany and France. The family, widely scattered in the religious troubles of the XVI. cent., having "lost all" under Charles V., as obstinate Lutherans, were called Tout-perd in France, and, by corruption, Toupard in the Netherlands; while in Guernsey and England, and among the Puritan fathers of America, the name assumed the form so familiar to the public as the designation of the author of "Proverbial Philosophy." The principal branch went to Guernsey in 1548.
According to the celebrated poet by this name, Martin Farquhar Tupper, it is a corruption of part of the motto of the family, "Tout perdie."
From the German, Topper; a personal name.
Tupper Demographics
Average Male Tupper Height
178.1 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Tupper Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tupper Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tupper is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant: Tüpper. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tupper? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 62,095th most widespread surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 900,920 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 81 percent of Tupper live; 78 percent live in North America and 78 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 873,022nd most frequently used given name worldwide, borne by 115 people.
Tupper is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 5,021 people, or 1 in 72,189. In The United States Tupper is primarily concentrated in: California, where 11 percent are found, New York, where 8 percent are found and Washington, where 7 percent are found. Excluding The United States it occurs in 47 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 17 percent are found and England, where 10 percent are found.
Tupper Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Tupper has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Tupper surname increased 348 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 162 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it contracted 90 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it contracted 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Tupper Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Anglican (95%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Tupper surname are 6.99% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 53.76% being registered with the political party.
The amount Tupper earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 196.81% more than the national average, earning R 705,324 per year; in United States they earn 0.68% more than the national average, earning $43,443 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.74% less than the national average, earning $45,837 CAD per year.
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Tupper Reference & Research
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