How common is the last name Roper?

19,255 people in the United States have the last name Roper, about 1 in 15,523. It ranks #1,826 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

ROPER

#1,826

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
19,255
About
1 in 15,523
This common or more
46.7%
Who bears it

Of the 19,255 people with the last name Roper, 69.5% reported their origin as White, 20.9% as Black and 4.3% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Roper

#1,824 Murdock · 19,275#1,825 Mcqueen · 19,265#1,827 Negron · 19,249#1,828 Cornelius · 19,242

Spelled almost the same

4 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Roper, most common first.

#47,112 Rover · 486#52,477 Roeper · 427#54,407 Rober · 409#131,805 Rooper · 134

Also a first name

As a first name, Roper ranks #23,149 of 53,615, with 425 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2024, with 57 births. See Roper as a first name

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