Pröpper

surname · Latin script

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

Pröpper is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 141K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 964K
  • TLTimor-Leste≈1 in 124K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈570 people, est.

Sources
196 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 124K (inferred from the name graph)

Timor-Leste, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Propper in US United States, GB United Kingdom, CA Canada and 1 more.

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

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Pröpper 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 Pröpper is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈570 est.≈1 in 141K—Pröpper41
US United States3451 in 964K394Propper196
CA Canada≈84 est.≈1 in 446K—Propper41
GB United Kingdom≈68 est.≈1 in 970K16Propper42
CZ Czechia531 in 202K53—2
NL Netherlands471 in 368K47Pröpper12
TL Timor-Leste≈11 est.≈1 in 124K—Propper1

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 2000; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); MVČR — living population register 2017; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007). 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)

Pröpper is also recorded as 6 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 Propper

  • Croatian surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia

    Also written Propper

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States

    Also written Propper

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Propper

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Propper

  • Arabic surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Propper

5 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)

1850190019502000Theodor Pröpper, b. 1896Harry Pröpper, b. 1906Günter Pröpper, b. 1941Henk Pröpper, b. 1958Michael Pröpper, b. 1960Carsten Pröpper, b. 1967Thomas Pröpper, b. 1970Davy Pröpper, b. 1991

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 Pröpper, (English)
InformalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 6 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Pröpper
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)200747#32,043

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

How do you pronounce Pröpper?
A machine transcription gives /pʁœpɐ/ (IPA) for German.
In which country does Pröpper have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 568 people named Pröpper in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled pröpper.
How common is the name Pröpper?
In the United States, the national register counted 345 people named Pröpper in 2010, about 1 in 964 thousand residents.

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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, “Pröpper”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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