Tupper
surname · Latin script
Meaning: (i) ‘shepherd in charge of rams’; (ii) anglicization of German Tupper, literally ‘potter’
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/tʌpɚ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Tupper is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- CACanada≈1 in 46K(inferred from the name graph)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 59K
- AUAustralia≈1 in 73K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 303 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 42K (inferred from the name graph)
≈33,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
China, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
(i) ‘shepherd in charge of rams’; (ii) anglicization of German Tupper, literally ‘potter’.
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Tupper 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | ≈33,000 est. | ≈1 in 42K | — | Tupper | 3 |
| US United States | 3,973 | 1 in 84K | 4K | Tupper | 303 |
| PK Pakistan | ≈3,800 est. | ≈1 in 62K | — | Tupper | 1 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 59K | 847 | Tupper | 109 |
| CA Canada | ≈820 est. | ≈1 in 46K | — | Tupper | 114 |
| AU Australia | ≈350 est. | ≈1 in 73K | — | Tupper | 91 |
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; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Tupper is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, from tup ‘ram’; probably an occupational nickname for one who beat/rammed earth and mud; first attested Robert Tupper 1314 Wak (Y)
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In Spanish, Tupperware container
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Martin Farquhar Tupperb. 1810GBEnglish poet and novelist (1810–1889)
- Charles Tupperb. 1821CA6th Prime Minister of Canada (1821-1915)
- Charles Hibbert Tupperb. 1855CACanadian politician
- William Johnston Tupperb. 1862CACanadian politician (1862–1947)
- Elsie Foxb. 1902USnot in their usual nameCuban-born American screenwriter
- Earl Tupperb. 1907USAmerican inventor (1907–1983)
- Isidora Aguirreb. 1919CLnot in their usual nameChilean playwright (1919–2011)
- Stanley R. Tupperb. 1921USAmerican politician (1921-2006)
- James Tupperb. 1965CACanadian actor
- Raimundo Tupperb. 1969CLChilean footballer (1969-1995)
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 13 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 4K | #8,335 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 3.7K | #8,316 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 3.6K | #8,762 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 847 | #7,532 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Tupper mean, and where does it come from?
- (i) ‘shepherd in charge of rams’; (ii) anglicization of German Tupper, literally ‘potter’. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- How do you pronounce Tupper?
- A machine transcription gives /tʌpɚ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Tupper have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 33 thousand people named Tupper in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled tupper.
- How common is the name Tupper?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,973 people named Tupper in 2010, about 1 in 84 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, “Tupper”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.