The Roper surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 20,065 people carried this name — #1,787 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 14,700 people counted. That is up 3% from 19,520 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 57 people named Roper.
15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
28 people named Roper live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Roper in American newspapers,
1892–1929.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,556,662 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Roper,
with a public archive behind them.
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Charlotte Lydia Pleydell-Bouverie d. 1892 -
Samuel Roper d. 1658 · writer
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James Roper d. 1990 · historian
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Anne Roper d. 1744
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Mary Tenison d. 1795
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Mary Chamberlayne d. 1843
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Roper.
When the index is not enough
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