# Roper (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 20,065 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,787 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 15,387 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.8% (19,520 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, from the noun roper * As a north/Low German surname for the town crier, from Middle Low German ropen (“to call”), from Old Saxon hrōpan.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Roper 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) | 73% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 21% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Roper in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.

## People named Roper

- Bill Roper, American video game designer
- Daniel C. Roper, American politician (1867-1943)
- Lyndal Roper, Australian historian and academic (born 1956)
- Martyn Roper, British diplomat

## Similar surnames

Raper, Rapier, Ripper, Rivera, Rivero, Ribeiro, Raber, Reber, Ribera, Reiber, Raver, Revere.

## 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.