Last Name ROPER

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The roper, a manufacturer of ropes.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish, Hungarian

Rank 1,680 (2000 US census) 1,608 (1990 US census)
Count 19,520 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 75.77%, or 14790 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 19.5%, or 3806 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.53%, or 103 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.58%, or 113 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.79%, or 349 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.83%, or 357 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Longest last names

The 2000 USA census contains more than 150,000 surnames. The longest surnames contain 15 characters each. There are 23 names like that. There could be more of those last names in reality. Firstly because it has been 10+ years since the survey and we could have gotten...

Ukrainian middle names

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

How does one estimate/guess that number? The first source that comes to mind is the result of the latest available census. We know that 2000 year census presents us with a little over 150,000 unique surnames. The least po...


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