Kuypers

surname · Latin script

Meaning: variant of Kuiper

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 13 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020

/kʉjpɛrs/(machine-generated) Dutch · model-generated

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Kuypers is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Belgium than in any other country.

  • BEBelgium1 in 11K(measured from records)
  • NLNetherlands1 in 24K
  • DEGermany≈1 in 190Kfew records

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Belgium (measured from records)

1,091 people, 2008

Record sources
129 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

1 in 11K (inferred from the name graph)

Belgium

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

(measured from records)

variant of Kuiper.

Cited for this meaning 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Kuypers counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Kuypers is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BE Belgium1,0911 in 11K1.1KKuypers52
NL Netherlands7101 in 24K710Kuypers58
DE Germany≈440 est.≈1 in 190KlistedKuypers54
US United States3151 in 1.1M315Kuypers129
ZA South Africa≈250 est.≈1 in 253K—Kuypers8
NZ New Zealand≈18 est.≈1 in 288K—Kuypers12

1,091 people counted by Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register), 2008. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); the dfa-band-1 register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Notable people with this name

(measured from records)
1850190019502000Stephanus Kuijpers, b. 1899Eddy Kuijpers, b. 1914Hans Kuypers, b. 1925Willy Kuijpers, b. 1937Frans Kuijpers, b. 1941Pierre Kuijpers, b. 1945Henk Kuijpers, b. 1946Pieter Kuijpers, b. 1968Rico Kuijpers, b. 1987Evy Kuijpers, b. 1995
  • Stephanus Kuijpersb. 1899NLnot in their usual nameDutch Roman Catholic priest (1899-1986)
  • Eddy Kuijpersb. 1914NLnot in their usual nameDutch fencer (1914-1992)
  • Hans Kuypersb. 1925NLneuroscientist (1925–1989)
  • Willy Kuijpersb. 1937BEnot in their usual nameBelgian politician (1937–2020)
  • Frans Kuijpersb. 1941NLnot in their usual nameDutch chess player (1941–2024)
  • Pierre Kuijpersb. 1945NLnot in their usual nameDutch conductor, musicologist and oboist
  • Henk Kuijpersb. 1946NLnot in their usual nameartist (born 1946)
  • Pieter Kuijpersb. 1968NLnot in their usual nameDutch film director
  • Rico Kuijpersb. 1987NLnot in their usual nameDutch footballer
  • Evy Kuijpersb. 1995NLnot in their usual nameDutch cyclist

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them

(machine-generated)
FormalDear Kuypers,
InformalHello,

Evidence

(measured from records)

22 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 13 countries.

Official registers attesting Kuypers
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)20081.1K#1,201
BE BelgiumStatbel — Noms de famille (family names)—1.1K#1,201
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)2007710#2,558
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010315#63,373
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020312#68,029
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000276#66,878
DE GermanyDeutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 1———
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 4

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Kuypers mean, and where does it come from?
variant of Kuiper. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Kuypers?
In Dutch /kʉjpɛrs/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
In which country does Kuypers have the most bearers?
In Belgium, the national register counted about 1.1 thousand people named Kuypers, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kuypers.
Where is Kuypers most common?
Kuypers is densest in Belgium, where the national register counts about 1 in 11 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Kuypers?
In Belgium, the national register counted 1,091 people named Kuypers in 2008, about 1 in 11 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kuypers”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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