Draper

Draper is the 1,492nd most common surname in the United States, shared by 23,360 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 12,800.

By the numbers

People: 23,360
Rank: 1,492nd
How common: 1 in 12,800
Per 100,000: 7.8

Where the name comes from

Origin an occupational name

English occupational surname, from the noun draper.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Draper described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 76.5%
Black, not Hispanic 13.1%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino 3.7%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 1.7%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.7%

Notable people called Draper

Henry Draper (1837–1882)American physician and astronomer
John William Draper (1811–1882)British-American academic
John Draper (born 1943)American computer programmer and former phone phreak
Charles Stark Draper (1901–1987)American engineer
Foy Draper (1911–1943)athletics competitor
Kris Draper (born 1971)Canadian ice hockey player
Polly Draper (born 1955)actress, director, writer, and producer
Dontaye Draper (born 1984)American basketball player

People named Draper with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Draper

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.