Napier

Napier is the 1,902nd most common surname in the United States, shared by 18,535 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 16,100.

By the numbers

People: 18,535
Rank: 1,902nd
How common: 1 in 16,100
Per 100,000: 6.2

Where the name comes from

Origin an occupational name

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

Who bears the name

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

White, not Hispanic 80.6%
Black, not Hispanic 11.5%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino 2.8%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.6%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.5%

Notable people called Napier

John Napier (1550–1617)Scottish mathematician, physicist, and astronomer
Wilfrid Napier (born 1941)Roman Catholic cardinal
Charles Napier (1936–2011)American actor
Shabazz Napier (born 1991)American basketball player
Charles James Napier (1782–1853)Major General, Governor of Sindh, and Commander-in-Chief in British India
Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala (1810–1890)British Indian Army officer
Alan Napier (1903–1988)English actor
Charles Napier (1786–1860)British Royal Navy admiral

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

Surnames like Napier

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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.