# Cropper (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cropper/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An English surname originating as an occupation for a cropper.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,669 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,920 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 84,150 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.4% (3,385 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cropper in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 75% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 19% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cropper in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Cropper

- Steve Cropper, American guitarist, songwriter, and record producer
- Jason Cropper, American musician
- Cody Cropper, American soccer player

## Similar surnames

Carper, Crawford, Carver, Craver, Carberry, Cervera, Corbridge.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.