Last Name HAMPER

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The hanaper. The corruption was all but inevitable. A hanaper was a kind of basket in which to store documents, etc. Hence the Hanaper Office, and the familiar hamper. The hanaper seems to have had charge of the stored-up indentures.
Origin English, Dutch, Irish, Belgian

Rank 54,766 (2000 US census) 84,100 (1990 US census)
Count 352 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 94.03%, or 331 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 1.99%, or 7 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • 2.27%, or 8 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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