Explore the Family Name Tappe

The meaning of Tappe

1. North German: metonymic occupational name for the owner of a tavern, a beer or wine tapper, from Middle Low German tappe ‘tap’. 2. German: variant of Tapp. 3. English: variant of Tapp. This surname has now died out in Britain.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Tappe has seen a slight increase in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Tappe was ranked 30,929th in terms of popularity and by 2010, it had risen slightly to the 30,735th spot, marking a 0.63% change. The count of individuals with this surname also increased by 6.76%, from 710 in 2000 to 758 in 2010. However, the proportion of Tappe per 100k people remained constant at 0.26.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#30,929	#30,735	0.63%
Count	710	758	6.76%
Proportion per 100k	0.26	0.26	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Tappe

The ethnicity breakdown for the surname Tappe, as derived from the Decennial U.S. Census, reveals that the majority of the individuals are of White ethnicity. This demographic represented 93.66% in 2000 and decreased slightly to 92.08% in 2010. The next largest ethnic identity associated with the Tappe surname is those identifying as two or more races, which decreased from 2.68% to 2.51% over the ten-year span. Notably, there was a significant increase in the Hispanic representation from 1.27% to 1.98%. There was also a small presence of Asian/Pacific Islander ethnicity in 2010, while the Black ethnicity showed a decrease to 0%. The American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicities were not represented in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.66%	92.08%	-1.69%
Two or More Races	2.68%	2.51%	-6.34%
Hispanic	1.27%	1.98%	55.91%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	1.72%	0%
Black	1.83%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%