The Roop surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,175 people carried this name — #7,926 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 70,400 people counted. That is up 2% from 4,101 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

32 families named Roop, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 178 people lived in those households, 5.6 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 6 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Pennsylvania 29
Massachusetts 1
New York 1
Maryland 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 259 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Roop in American newspapers,
1913–1926.

Newspaper page from The Progressive Farmer And Southern Farm Gazette carrying the name Roop
The Progressive Farmer And Southern Farm Gazette 1913-01-18
Newspaper page from Pinedale Roundup carrying the name Roop
Pinedale Roundup 1926-07-01
Newspaper page from Pinedale Roundup carrying the name Roop
Pinedale Roundup 1926-06-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 47,774 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Roop in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

99 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Roop. The most, 13, date from the 1880s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 31
New South Wales 28
South Australia 16
Queensland 9
Tasmania 7
Western Australia 5
ACT (Canberra) 2

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

Who carried it

People named Roop,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Isaac Roop
    Isaac Roop 1822–1869 · politician
  • Clara A. Blain
    Clara A. Blain 1852–1925 · temperance worker
  • Benjamin Josephus Roop 1849–1935 · politician
  • Wendell P. Roop 1887–1961 · military officer
  • Joyce Elaine Roop 1952–1995 · lawyer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Roop,
in the records of 6 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 States230 records

230 records of the Roop name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 136
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 43
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 17
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 16
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 12
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • 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 Jessie J. Roop

    Born 1923 in Virginia. Enlisted 1943 at Roanoke; warehouseman from Roanoke County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Culpeper National Cemetery, Virginia.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Frank Roop

    Born 1930; from Fruitland, Florida. U.S. Army, helicopter pilot; died in an accident 1966 in South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Grietse Roop

    Arrived at New York in 1880 aboard the Amsterdam from Rotterdam, aged 23; farmer. From the Netherlands.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 230 records for Roop 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada262 records

262 records of the Roop name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 253
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 5
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 2
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Gerald Ivan Roop

    Buried in 1995 at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 55.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Emily Roop

    Died 1891 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Roy Munroe Roop

    Died in service in 1942.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 262 records for Roop in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Netherlands14 records

14 records of the Roop name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 7
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 4
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 3
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Charlotte Roop

    Married in 1885 in Amsterdam. Died 1929 in Velp, aged 77.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Jurrien Roop

    Buried in 1735 in Delft.

    Open Archives, Archief Delft (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Jan Hendrik Roop

    In the population register of Utrecht; born in Utrecht.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 14 records for Roop 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); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Australia7 records

7 records of the Roop name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 3
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 2
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
  1. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Jonathon Roop

    Left Hobart in 1826 aboard the Medway, bound for England, as a seaman.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Jasper Roop

    Naturalised in Queensland in 1877.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record D. Roop

    Sailed from Victoria in 1879 aboard the Lusitania, bound for London, aged 40.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 7 records for Roop in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Germany2 records

2 records of the Roop name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Friedrich Roop

    From Osnabrück. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 29 October 1914 (Infantry Regiment No. 78).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Robert Roop

    From Grube, Oldenburg. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 12 June 1917.

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

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

France1 record

1 record of the Roop 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 Igor Roop

    Born 1909 in Russia; died 2001 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

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).

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