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There are approximately 11,919 people named Roper in the UK. That makes it the 860th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 189 are named Roper.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Occupational Name

Related and similar surnames

Ropers
Raper
Rooper
Roeper
Roperto
Rober
Rope
Ropel
Reper
Ropere
Roaper
Roperr
Ropear
Ropeor
Ropero
Roperi
Rhoper
Ropar
Roperh
Roperie
Roapor
Ropare
Ropern
Roperl
Ropert
Roparo
Ropars
Roparz
Ropeier

The Roper surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

ROPER. I doubt not from the trade of making ropes, especially since we have the analogous names, Corder, Stringer, Twyner, &c., and Le Roper is common in old records. But an exception from so plebeian an origin is claimed b)' one family thus denominated. " There is a very ancient family of the Ropers in Cumberland, who have lived immemorially near a quarry of red spate there, from whence they first took the surname of Rubra Spatha." Wright's Coiu't-Hand — where we find " Rouxcarrier, Roussir, Rooper, or Roper," latinized by De Rubra Spatha. Fuller places this family in another county. " The name of Roper in Derbyshire changed from Musard to RubraSpatlia, Rospear, Rouspee, Rooper, Roper." Worthies i. 71. Lord Teynham's family claim fi'om William Roper, or Rosper, who lived in the reign of Henr}' III., and whose descendants were of St. Duustau's, near Canterbury, temp. Edward III. The family have ever since been connected with Kent. See Shirley's Noble and Gentle Men.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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