Cropper Surname
Approximately 8,184 people bear this surname
Cropper Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the cropper,' a mower, a sickler, a field-labourer. With Crapper, compare Crafter for Crofter, Meadowcraft for Meadowcroft, &c.
'Roger the Cropper for his tenement, and whole service': Custom Roll, Manor of Ashton-under-Lyne, Cheth.
Read More About This SurnameCropper Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,487 | 1:80,780 | 9,182 |
| England | 2,729 | 1:20,417 | 2,890 |
| Australia | 225 | 1:119,981 | 13,219 |
| Canada | 216 | 1:170,581 | 17,126 |
| New Zealand | 90 | 1:50,315 | 8,125 |
| Wales | 82 | 1:37,738 | 3,712 |
| Scotland | 59 | 1:90,743 | 6,412 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 51 | 1:26,745 | 2,882 |
| Northern Ireland | 43 | 1:42,908 | 3,866 |
| South Africa | 33 | 1:1,641,749 | 81,435 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 25 | 1:4,506 | 576 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Israel | 16 | 1:534,852 | 39,210 |
| Venezuela | 13 | 1:2,323,391 | 26,733 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Gibraltar | 10 | 1:3,395 | 741 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Ireland | 6 | 1:784,823 | 16,062 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Isle of Man | 4 | 1:21,456 | 3,601 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Faroe Islands | 1 | 1:48,998 | 2,049 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,791 | 1:13,610 | 2,045 |
| Scotland | 21 | 1:178,248 | 6,976 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:196,052 | 7,186 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 863 | 1:58,191 | 6,462 |
Cropper Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the cropper,' a mower, a sickler, a field-labourer. With Crapper, compare Crafter for Crofter, Meadowcraft for Meadowcroft, &c.
'Roger the Cropper for his tenement, and whole service': Custom Roll, Manor of Ashton-under-Lyne, Cheth. Soc.
Willelmus Crapper, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Hauyn Cropure, 1379: ibid.
Matilda Crapper, ibid.
Gilbert Cropper, of Whiston, 1591: Wills at Chester.
1655. Married — Edward Cropper and Joan Pearec: St. James, Clerkenwell.
(English) Farm-Labourer who especially attended to the crops [Old English cropp, ear of corn + the agential suff. -ere] Roger the Cropper.—Three Lanc. Docs.
Simon de Croper, or Croperi, occurs in England 1199 (Palgr. Rot. Cur. Regis). This name seems foreign. Simon in 1194 claimed a knight’s fee of the Honour of Mortaine, Northants.
From the Old Norse, Kroppr; nickname from the Swedish, Cropps; from the Dutch, Krop; from the German, Kropp, Kroppe; a personal name.
Cropper was a common Rochdale name in the 16th century (F.), and it yet remains in the town.
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Cropper Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cropper Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cropper is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cropper? popularity and diffusion
Cropper is the 61,454th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 890,463 people. Cropper occurs mostly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Cropper live; 49 percent live in North America and 49 percent live in Anglo-North America.
The surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 4,487 people, or 1 in 80,780. In The United States Cropper is primarily found in: Maryland, where 12 percent reside, Kentucky, where 8 percent reside and Texas, where 6 percent reside. Other than The United States it is found in 44 countries. It is also common in England, where 33 percent reside and Australia, where 3 percent reside.
Cropper Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Cropper has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Cropper surname expanded 520 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 152 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 1,025 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 281 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 200 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Cropper Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Cropper surname is chiefly Catholic (67%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Cropper last name are 23.28% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 70.05% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Cropper earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 97.02% more than the national average, earning R 468,204 per year; in United States they earn 3.55% less than the national average, earning $41,618 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.63% more than the national average, earning $52,478 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croppier | 93 | 8 | / |
| Scropper | 93 | 1 | / |
| Croper | 92 | 11 | / |
| Croppe | 92 | 7 | / |
| Schropper | 88 | 24 | / |
| Crapper | 86 | 1,085 | / |
| Crosper | 86 | 173 | / |
| Cropier | 86 | 23 | / |
| Kropper | 86 | 9 | / |
| Crooper | 86 | 3 | / |
| Crouper | 86 | 1 | / |
| Croppet | 86 | 0 | / |
| Crope | 83 | 4 | / |
| Crappier | 80 | 61 | / |
| Schroper | 80 | 4 | / |
| Crappere | 80 | 2 | / |
| Chropfer | 80 | 1 | / |
| Scrooper | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shropper | 80 | 0 | / |
| Croppi | 77 | 312 | / |
| Crappe | 77 | 273 | / |
| Croope | 77 | 60 | / |
| Croupe | 77 | 34 | / |
| Kroper | 77 | 31 | / |
| Kroppe | 77 | 25 | / |
| Cropes | 77 | 22 | / |
| Cropet | 77 | 20 | / |
| Crospe | 77 | 16 | / |
| Craper | 77 | 13 | / |
| Croppa | 77 | 8 | / |
| Croped | 77 | 1 | / |
| Cropyr | 77 | 1 | / |
| Cropre | 77 | 0 | / |
| Croppy | 77 | 0 | / |
| Cropey | 77 | 0 | / |
| Schropfer | 75 | 439 | / |
| Schrapper | 75 | 79 | / |
| Schropher | 75 | 12 | / |
| Kropphetr | 75 | 1 | / |
| Scraper | 71 | 360 | / |
| Crasper | 71 | 56 | / |
| Krapper | 71 | 51 | / |
| Krouper | 71 | 31 | / |
| Crouspeire | 71 | 29 | / |
| Crouspeyre | 71 | 27 | / |
| Crapier | 71 | 23 | / |
| Croppis | 71 | 11 | / |
| Crappes | 71 | 5 | / |
| Crappie | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kroppie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Crapfer | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tcraper | 71 | 1 | / |
| Crapp'e | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cropett | 71 | 0 | / |
| Srooper | 71 | 0 | / |
| Kropfer | 71 | 0 | / |
| Srapper | 71 | 0 | / |
| Kroppfe | 71 | 0 | / |
| Krope | 67 | 233 | / |
| Kropphet | 67 | 215 | / |
| Crape | 67 | 158 | / |
| Cropi | 67 | 41 | / |
| Kroppeth | 67 | 4 | / |
| Srappier | 67 | 3 | / |
| Cropa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cropy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Schraper | 67 | 2 | / |
| Shropfer | 67 | 2 | / |
| Shropejr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sroypher | 67 | 1 | / |
| Scrapfer | 67 | 0 | / |
| Shropher | 67 | 0 | / |
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