Höper

surname · Latin script

/høpʰɐ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Höper is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Kent; Sussex; Devon. for the Kent and Sussex name see Hopper . 2 English: for the Devon name see Hooper .

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 81K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 623Kas Hoeper
  • IEIreland≈1 in 599K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Höper itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈990 people, est.

Sources
134 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 81K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

HoeperLatin(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Hoeper in US United States, MY Malaysia, NZ New Zealand and 2 more and Hoper in IE Ireland.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Main GB Location (1881): Kent; Sussex; Devon. for the Kent and Sussex name see Hopper . 2 English: for the Devon name see Hooper .

Sources 2

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Deshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Höper counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Höper is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany—≈990 est.≈1 in 81K—Höper52
US United States—534as Hoeper1 in 623K534Hoeper134
MY Malaysia—≈120 est.≈1 in 275K—Hoeper1
HK Hong Kong—≈57 est.≈1 in 127K—Hoeper1
BR Brazil—44as Hoeper1 in 4.8M44—1
NZ New Zealand—≈26 est.≈1 in 188K—Hoeper5
IE Ireland—≈9 est.≈1 in 599K—Hoper2
CH Switzerland—81 in 1.1M8—1
VA Vatican City#145———Hoeper3

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Höper is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Hoper

  • Danish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark, Sweden, United States

    Languages: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian

    Also written Hoper

  • Spanish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Mexico, Ecuador, Argentina

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Hoper, Höpêr

  • Indonesian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia

    Also written Hoper

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States

    Also written Hoper

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Hoper

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Hoper

4 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1920194019601980Ahrend Höper, b. 1922Wolfgang Höper, b. 1933Britta Höper, b. 1969Dirk Höper, b. 1971

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Dear Höper, (English)
InformalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 6 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Höper
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)20248#72,019

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Höper mean, and where does it come from?
Main GB Location (1881): Kent; Sussex; Devon. for the Kent and Sussex name see Hopper . 2 English: for the Devon name see Hooper . Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and Deshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003).
How do you pronounce Höper?
A machine transcription gives /høpʰɐ/ (IPA) for German.
In which country does Höper have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 992 people named Höper in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled höper.
How common is the name Höper?
In Switzerland, the national register counted 8 people named Höper in 2024, about 1 in 1.1 million residents.
How common is Höper compared with other names?
In Vatican City, Höper is the 145th most common surname of 1,275 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Höper” — the 145th most common surname in Vatican City. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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