How common is the surname Roper?

20,065 people in the United States had the surname Roper in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,387 Americans. It ranked 1,787th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Roper?

Bill Roper, American video game designer, followed by Daniel C. Roper.

Where is the surname Roper most common?

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

Is the surname Roper getting more or less common?

More common. 19,520 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 20,065 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Roper

A German surname, carried by 20,065 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Roper is more common than 98.9% of them.

Origin

German origin

* 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.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 20,065 people named Roper in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 15,387 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 19,520.

#1,787

rank among US surnames

20,065

people in 2010

6.8

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #1,680)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,778	Rendon	20,143	15,328
#1,779	Hannah	20,138	15,331
#1,780	Pedersen	20,135	15,334
#1,781	Stubbs	20,134	15,335
#1,782	Starks	20,130	15,338
#1,783	Sizemore	20,116	15,348
#1,784	Epps	20,112	15,351

Who is named Roper

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

73% of people named Roper identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 73%
Black (not Hispanic) 21%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ropers

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bill Roper
American video game designer, born 1965
Daniel C. Roper
American politician (1867-1943)
Lyndal Roper
Australian historian and academic (born 1956)
Martyn Roper
British diplomat, born 1965

Notable Ropers come mostly from the United States (2), Australia (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Roper

Roper has the Soundex code R160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R160.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Roper come from?: * 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.
How common is the surname Roper?: 20,065 people in the United States had the surname Roper in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,387 Americans. It ranked 1,787th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Roper?: In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Roper identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Roper?: Bill Roper, American video game designer, followed by Daniel C. Roper.
Where is the surname Roper most common?: Wikidata records people named Roper in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Roper getting more or less common?: More common. 19,520 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 20,065 in 2010, up 2.8%.