How common is the surname Cropper?

3,669 people in the United States had the surname Cropper in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,150 Americans. It ranked 8,920th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Cropper?

Steve Cropper, American guitarist, songwriter, and record producer, followed by Jason Cropper.

Where is the surname Cropper most common?

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

Is the surname Cropper getting more or less common?

More common. 3,385 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,669 in 2010, up 8.4%.

The surname Cropper

An occupational surname, carried by 3,669 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C616

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cropper is more common than 94.5% of them.

Origin

An English surname originating as an occupation for a cropper.

Cropper is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,669 people named Cropper in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 84,150 Americans. That is up 8.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,385.

#8,920

rank among US surnames

3,669

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+8.4%

change since 2000 (was #8,896)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,914	Sloane	3,673	84,058
#8,916	Scheller	3,672	84,081
#8,917	Freer	3,671	84,104
#8,920	Kersten	3,669	84,150
#8,923	Klingler	3,668	84,173
#8,925	Epley	3,667	84,196

Who is named Cropper

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

75% of people named Cropper identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Croppers

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Steve Cropper
American guitarist, songwriter, and record producer, 1941–2025
Jason Cropper
American musician, born 1971
Cody Cropper
American soccer player, born 1993

Notable Croppers come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Cropper

Carper

Cropper has the Soundex code C616, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C616.

Questions

How common is the surname Cropper?: 3,669 people in the United States had the surname Cropper in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,150 Americans. It ranked 8,920th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cropper?: In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Cropper identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Cropper?: Steve Cropper, American guitarist, songwriter, and record producer, followed by Jason Cropper.
Where is the surname Cropper most common?: Wikidata records people named Cropper in the United States and the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Cropper?: Cropper is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Cropper getting more or less common?: More common. 3,385 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,669 in 2010, up 8.4%.