Raper Surname
Approximately 10,074 people bear this surname
Raper Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the roper,' a ropemaker. N. England raper; v. Roper.
Alan de Postoill, ruper, 10 Edward III: Freemen of York.
Willelmus Raper, raper, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Johannes Raper, 1379: ibid.
Read More About This SurnameRaper Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6,233 | 1:58,152 | 6,892 |
| England | 2,117 | 1:26,319 | 3,597 |
| Philippines | 769 | 1:131,649 | 22,419 |
| Australia | 389 | 1:69,398 | 8,234 |
| South Africa | 194 | 1:279,267 | 27,511 |
| Canada | 167 | 1:220,632 | 21,263 |
| New Zealand | 34 | 1:133,186 | 15,994 |
| Scotland | 30 | 1:178,461 | 9,900 |
| Malaysia | 16 | 1:1,843,389 | 74,511 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 13 | 1:104,921 | 6,882 |
| Jersey | 10 | 1:9,920 | 2,003 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Northern Ireland | 8 | 1:230,630 | 10,839 |
| Hong Kong | 8 | 1:916,935 | 4,774 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:442,076 | 21,198 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 18 | 1:246,104 | 10,726 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,235 | 1:19,737 | 2,817 |
| Jersey | 10 | 1:5,188 | 903 |
| Scotland | 10 | 1:374,322 | 10,959 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:522,805 | 14,314 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 916 | 1:54,824 | 6,153 |
Raper (49) may also be a first name.
Raper Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the roper,' a ropemaker. N. England raper; v. Roper.
Alan de Postoill, ruper, 10 Edward III: Freemen of York.
Willelmus Raper, raper, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Johannes Raper, 1379: ibid.
1715. Baptised — Hellen, d. Edward Rapier (sic), St. James, Clerkenwell.
1736. Married — William Raper and Ruth Grosvenor: St. Michael, Cornhill.
(N. English) Roper, Rope-Maker [Middle English raper; O.E, ráp = Old Norse reip, a rope + the agential suff.i -ere] Willelmus Raper, raper.—Yorks Poll-Tax, A.D. 1379.
An old spelling of Roper.
Roper: a cordwainer, a ropemaker. Cordery is the man at the ropewalk.
Raper Demographics
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Raper Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Raper Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Raper (Arabic: رابير, Georgian: რაპერ) occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Raper click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Raper? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 50,906th most commonly occurring surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 723,401 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 51 percent of Raper live; 51 percent live in North America and 51 percent live in Anglo-North America. Raper is also the 1,430,306th most frequently held given name internationally, held by 49 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 6,233 people, or 1 in 58,152. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: North Carolina, where 16 percent are found, Oklahoma, where 7 percent are found and Georgia, where 7 percent are found. Besides The United States Raper exists in 45 countries. It also occurs in England, where 21 percent are found and The Philippines, where 8 percent are found.
Raper Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Raper has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Raper surname rose 680 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 171 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 300 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 233 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 94 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Raper Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Raper last name is principally Anglican (89%) in Ireland and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Raper last name are 16.63% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 63.4% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Raper earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 99.69% more than the national average, earning R 474,528 per year; in United States they earn 10.64% less than the national average, earning $38,557 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.02% more than the national average, earning $52,177 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Raper Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Raper in the Georgian language | ||
| რაპერ | raper | - |
| Raper in the Arabic language | ||
| رابير | rabyr | - |
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Raper Reference & Research
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