The Loper surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,950 people carried this name — #4,467 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 37,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 7,695 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 25 people named Loper.

1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Morbihan.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 1
Morbihan 16
Aude 1
Val-d’Oise 1
Mayenne 1
Maine-et-Loire 1
Ille-et-Vilaine 1
Gard 1
Côtes-d’Armor 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Loper in American newspapers,
1891–1912.

Newspaper page from The Bennington Banner carrying the name Loper
The Bennington Banner 1891-11-06
Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Herald carrying the name Loper
The Salt Lake Herald 1908-01-19
Newspaper page from The Hawaiian Star carrying the name Loper
The Hawaiian Star 1912-06-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 286,269 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Loper in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

197 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Loper. The most, 32, date from the 1930s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Western Australia, at 3.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 56
Western Australia 47
Victoria 36
Queensland 35
South Australia 10
Tasmania 9
ACT (Canberra) 2

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

Who carried it

People named Loper,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Bert Loper
    Bert Loper 1869–1949
  • Julius Palmer Loper 1837–1926
  • Madge Baird Loper 1873–
  • Edward L. Loper, Sr. 1916–2011 · teacher
  • Keith Loper 1926–2012 · coach
  • James Loper 1931–2013 · businessperson

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Loper,
in the records of 7 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 States490 records

490 records of the Loper name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 256
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 75
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 75
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 37
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 32
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 14
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Frank J. Loper

    Born 1908 in New York. Enlisted 1940 at Rochester; farm hand from Wyoming County. U.S. Army veteran; died 1952, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    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 Giuseppe Loper

    Arrived at New York in 1906 aboard the Lombardia from Naples, aged 25; peasant. From San Giovanni In Fiore, Cosenza, Italy.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Miles Hilton Loper

    Born 1943; from Ft Knox, Kentucky. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1965 in South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 490 records for Loper in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (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); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Germany124 records

124 records of the Loper name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 122
  • German estate files 2
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Karl Löper

    Born 1897; from Hölkewiese, Bublitz. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 27 April 1918.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Julius Löper

    Estate settled in 1910.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Otto Löper

    From Hölkwiese, Bublitz. Reported missing in the Prussian casualty list of 18 January 1919 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 46).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 124 records for Loper in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0) · Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Netherlands44 records

44 records of the Loper name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 20
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 17
  • Dutch population registers 7
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Siebe Douwes Loper

    Married in 1836 in Leek; labourer. Died 1888 in Leek, aged 84; farmer.

    Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Auke Loper

    Married in 1833 in Harlingen. Died 1857 in Harlingen, aged 65; "korenmeter".

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

    Died 1816 in Kampen, aged 79.

    Open Archives, Collectie Overijssel locatie Zwolle (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 44 records for Loper 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).

France9 records

9 records of the Loper name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Germaine Loper

    Born 1923 in Saint-Brieuc (Côtes-d'Armor); died 1999 in Plouhinec (Morbihan).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Joseph Jean Loper

    Born 1907 in Le Palais (Morbihan); died 1989 in Redon (Ille-et-Vilaine).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Anna Loper

    Born 1915 in Quiberon; died 1980 in Vannes (Morbihan).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 9 records for Loper in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Australia8 records

8 records of the Loper name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 5
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 2
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Samuel Loper

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Recovery, arriving 1836; ticket of leave 1845.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mary Loper

    Arrived in Victoria in 1883 aboard the Loch Vennachar, aged 42.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record James Loper

    Leased farmland at Mackay, Queensland in 1885.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 8 records for Loper in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Loper name in Canada
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 1
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Earl Gorden Loper

    Buried in 1974 at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 71.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.

Showing 1 of 2 records for Loper in Canada.

Counts: Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

New Zealand1 record

1 record of the Loper name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Winifred Loper

    Died 1978, aged 76; buried at Waimairi Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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