The Ropers surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 127 people carried this name — #133,048 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is down 12% from 144 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 701 people named Ropers.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 34 départements, most often Côtes-d’Armor.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 22 people named Ropers live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Ropers,
with a public archive behind them.
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Frank Ropers 1946– · military personnel -
Wilhelm Ropers 1908–1949 · politician
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Mechthild Ropers 1926– · writer
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Marc Ropers 1955– · politician
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Elise Ropers 1968– · dancer
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Daniel Ropers 1970– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ropers.
- Room 157 · U.S. census
- Roos 5,051 · U.S. census
- Roose 2,119 · U.S. census
- Roosen 228 · U.S. census
- Roost 110 · U.S. census
- Roper 20,065 · U.S. census
- Ropp 2,270 · U.S. census
- Roque 15,203 · U.S. census
- Roques 399 · U.S. census
- Roquet 333 · U.S. census
- Ros 2,213 · U.S. census
- Rosa 33,521 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Ropers is.
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