Cropper Surname

61,454th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,184 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Gibraltar

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.

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Cropper Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,4871:80,7809,182
England2,7291:20,4172,890
Australia2251:119,98113,219
Canada2161:170,58117,126
New Zealand901:50,3158,125
Wales821:37,7383,712
Scotland591:90,7436,412
Trinidad and Tobago511:26,7452,882
Northern Ireland431:42,9083,866
South Africa331:1,641,74981,435
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines251:4,506576
Botswana171:128,64318,229
Israel161:534,85239,210
Venezuela131:2,323,39126,733
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
France101:6,642,272293,169
Gibraltar101:3,395741
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Ireland61:784,82316,062
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Isle of Man41:21,4563,601
China31:455,773,85521,925
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Faroe Islands11:48,9982,049
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,7911:13,6102,045
Scotland211:178,2486,976
Wales81:196,0527,186
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8631:58,1916,462

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.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(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.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

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.

The Norman People (1874)

From the Old Norse, Kroppr; nickname from the Swedish, Cropps; from the Dutch, Krop; from the German, Kropp, Kroppe; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Cropper was a common Rochdale name in the 16th century (F.), and it yet remains in the town.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Cropper Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Cropper Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Cropper is found most frequently in The United States. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cropper? popularity and diffusion

The last name Cropper is the 61,454th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 890,463 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Cropper are found; 49 percent are found in North America and 49 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Cropper is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 4,487 people, or 1 in 80,780. In The United States Cropper is most prevalent in: Maryland, where 12 percent are found, Kentucky, where 8 percent are found and Texas, where 6 percent are found. Outside of The United States Cropper exists in 44 countries. It is also found in England, where 33 percent are found and Australia, where 3 percent are found.

Cropper Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Cropper has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 520 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 152 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 1,025 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 281 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 200 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Cropper Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Catholic (67%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Cropper surname are 23.28% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 70.05% registered to vote for the political 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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Croppier938/
Scropper931/
Croper9211/
Croppe927/
Schropper8824/
Crapper861,085/
Crosper86173/
Cropier8623/
Kropper869/
Crooper863/
Crouper861/
Croppet860/
Crope834/
Crappier8061/
Schroper804/
Crappere802/
Chropfer801/
Scrooper801/
Shropper800/
Croppi77312/
Crappe77273/
Croope7760/
Croupe7734/
Kroper7731/
Kroppe7725/
Cropes7722/
Cropet7720/
Crospe7716/
Craper7713/
Croppa778/
Croped771/
Cropyr771/
Cropre770/
Croppy770/
Cropey770/
Schropfer75439/
Schrapper7579/
Schropher7512/
Kropphetr751/
Scraper71360/
Crasper7156/
Krapper7151/
Krouper7131/
Crouspeire7129/
Crouspeyre7127/
Crapier7123/
Croppis7111/
Crappes715/
Crappie713/
Kroppie711/
Crapfer711/
Tcraper711/
Crapp'e711/
Cropett710/
Srooper710/
Kropfer710/
Srapper710/
Kroppfe710/
Krope67233/
Kropphet67215/
Crape67158/
Cropi6741/
Kroppeth674/
Srappier673/
Cropa672/
Cropy672/
Schraper672/
Shropfer672/
Shropejr671/
Sroypher671/
Scrapfer670/
Shropher670/

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