Explore the Family Name Stemper

The meaning of Stemper

German: from an agent derivative of Middle Low German stempen ‘to stamp’, hence an occupational name for anyone whose work involved a stamping process, for example a worker in a mint or in a mill where grain was crushed rather than ground.

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How common is the last name Stemper in the United States?

According to the Popularity table based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Stemper saw a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 31,848 but by 2010, it had slipped to rank 34,110, representing a drop of 7.1%. The count of people with this surname also decreased from 685 in 2000 to 666 in 2010, marking a small decline of around 2.77%. Similarly, the proportion of Stampers per 100,000 people fell by 8.0%, from 0.25 in 2000 to 0.23 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#31,848	#34,110	-7.1%
Count	685	666	-2.77%
Proportion per 100k	0.25	0.23	-8%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Stemper

In terms of ethnic identity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows shifts within the group of individuals bearing the Stemper surname. The proportion of White individuals decreased slightly from 97.96% in 2000 to 95.65% in 2010. However, there was a notable increase in the percentage of Hispanics, moving from 0.73% in 2000 to 1.80% in 2010, a change of 146.58%. Additionally, in 2010, for the first time, both Black and American Indian/Alaskan Native individuals were represented among those with the Stemper surname. Data for Asian/Pacific Islander and those of two or more races remained suppressed or at zero in both years for privacy reasons.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.96%	95.65%	-2.36%
Hispanic	0.73%	1.8%	146.58%
Black	0%	1.05%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.75%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.73%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%