The Looper surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,451 people carried this name — #7,486 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 66,200 people counted. That is up 7% from 4,150 in 2000.

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In print

Looper in American newspapers,
1919.

Newspaper page from The Clovis News carrying the name Looper
The Clovis News 1919-07-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Looper in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1960s.

598 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Looper. The most, 126, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 2.1 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 238
New South Wales 116
Victoria 105
Western Australia 50
Tasmania 48
South Australia 38
ACT (Canberra) 1
Northern Territory 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Looper.

Who carried it

People named Looper,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Kristjan Looper 1896– · activist
  • Leroy Looper 1924–2011 · businessperson
  • Byron Looper 1964–2013 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Looper,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States179 records

179 records of the Looper name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 129
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 45
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Gaynol O. Looper

    Born 1916 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1942 at Camp Forrest; plumber from Putnam County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Whittaker Cemetery, Monterey, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Albert Looper

    Arrived at New York in 1880 aboard the Labrador from Havre, aged 27; cooper. From Switzerland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Elmer Joseph Looper

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1891, died 1960; buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 179 records for Looper in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Netherlands499 records

499 records of the Looper name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 238
  • Dutch population registers 210
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 51
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Simon Hertog Looper

    Married in 1878 in Coevorden; merchant. Died 1929 in Arnhem, aged 75.

    Open Archives, Drents Archief (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Akke Looper

    Married in 1849 in Doniawerstal. Died 1891 in Tjalleberd, aged 69.

    Open Archives, AlleFriezen (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Albert Looper

    Born 1849 in Zevenhuizen (Leek). Died 1932 in Zevenhuizen (Leek), aged 83.

    Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 499 records for Looper in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Looper name in Australia Tasmanian Names Index
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Edward Looper

    Died 1858 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 47.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Belgium1 record

1 record of the Looper name in Belgium Belgian civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Clara Looper

    Born 1915 in Gent.

    Open Archives, Archief Gent (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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