Röper

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Berufsname zu mnd. roper 'Gerichtsdiener, Einlader, Ausrufer; Nachtwächter; Marktschreier'; 885+116 Träger

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Röper is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Congo - Kinshasa than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 53K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 748Kas Roeper
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 764K

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 Röper 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.

Congo - Kinshasa (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,100 named Roeper, est.

Sources
165 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 53K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

RoeperLatin(measured from records)

Locally spelled Roeper in US United States, GB United Kingdom, NL Netherlands and 2 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(measured from records)

recorded in German

Berufsname zu mnd. roper 'Gerichtsdiener, Einlader, Ausrufer; Nachtwächter; Marktschreier'; 885+116 Träger. Auch als Übername denkbar.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Röper 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 Röper is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CD Congo - Kinshasa≈2,100 est.≈1 in 47K—Roeper1
DE Germany≈1,500 est.≈1 in 53K—Röper69
US United States445as Roeper1 in 748K453Roeper165
NL Netherlands163as Roeper1 in 106K163Roeper21
GB United Kingdom≈84 est.≈1 in 785K13Roeper30
AT Austria≈26 est.≈1 in 346K—Roeper8
CH Switzerland111 in 764K11—2
EE Estonia≈2 est.≈1 in 701Klisted—2

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); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); 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)

Röper is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, France, United Kingdom, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

    Also written Roper

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Roper

  • English surname28 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada

    Languages: English, German, Arabic

    Also written Roper, โรเปอร์, โรเปอร

  • Croatian surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Croatia, Bulgaria

    Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Slovenian

    Also written Roper, Rõper, Ропер

  • Danish surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Denmark, Iceland

    Languages: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian

    Also written Roper

  • Czech surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Czechia, United States, Slovakia, United Kingdom

    Languages: Czech, Slovak

    Also written Roper

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)

18001850190019502000Johannes August Christian Röper, b. 1801Sarah Röper, b. 1864Erich Röper, b. 1884Ursula Röper, b. 1944Ingo Röper, b. 1945Horst Röper, b. 1952Thomas Röper, b. 1964Thomas Röper, b. 1971Ronny Röper, 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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 7 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Röper
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)202411#56,728

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 Röper mean?
Recorded meaning: Berufsname zu mnd. roper 'Gerichtsdiener, Einlader, Ausrufer; Nachtwächter; Marktschreier'; 885+116 Träger.
In which country does Röper have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.1 thousand people named Roeper in Congo - Kinshasa, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Röper?
In Switzerland, the national register counted 11 people named Röper in 2024, about 1 in 764 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, “Röper”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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