Hopper is used as a family name or surname in Saxon. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Hopper
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Saxon
Meaning: Hoppere, a dancer

How popular is Hopper?

Hopper is common in United States.

Hopper is ranked 11709 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Hopper bearers increased by 1.47277 per cent in 2010 US census to 27353 since 2000, the surname slipped by 89 spots and ranked at 1281. The last name was found in around 93 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 87.28 89.25
Black 6.28 6.12
Hispanic or Latino 2.77 1.87
Others 1.98 1.22
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.16 1.06
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.53 0.48
Hopper is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while England is ahead in terms of density. Around 45663 people have been found who wears Hopper as their family name. Hopper is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
83,411 Czech Republic8
1,346 Bermuda6
13,220 Thailand6
9,759 Japan5
122,390 Belarus4
661,536 Indonesia3
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
40,064 Nigeria2
21,529 Singapore2
24,269 Peru2
37,372 Georgia2
12,844 Pakistan2
9,185 Hong Kong2
35,969 Denmark2
883 Macau2
31,767 Greece2
34,572 Israel2
17,547 Colombia2
65,594 Belgium2
4,367 Afghanistan2
2,505 Congo1
9,116 Nicaragua1
25,721 Egypt1
19,810 Croatia1
2,190 Barbados1
37,779 Serbia1
1,542 Andorra1
10,190 Bahrain1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
353 Cook Islands1
1,970 Grenada1
9,591 Panama1
47,891 Norway1
3,214 Niger1
2,057 Myanmar1
2,024 Mongolia1
7,895 South Korea1
5,589 Sudan1
3,307 Malta1
2,935 Madagascar1
3,071 Jersey1
153,416 Italy1
7,292 Vietnam1
2,057 Isle of Man1
8,859 Iraq1
20,172 Hungary1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
272,864 India42
57,220 Netherlands27
2,645 Luxembourg26
153,005 Ukraine22
42,407 Sweden22
94,051 Kazakhstan19
55,829 Zimbabwe16
3,605 China12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
83,365 Brazil95
5,778 Uruguay86
12,007 Chile72
15,572 Switzerland72
13,832 United Arab Emirates69
34,392 Spain68
163,498 Russia60
Countries with hundreds of Hopper:
13,857 Germany740
9,471 South Africa676
1,713 Scotland420
2,524 New Zealand298
39,199 Philippines258
19,046 Mexico183
1,576 Northern Ireland167
2,634 Ireland164
61,459 France159
31,070 Turkey140
2,864 Wales135
9,948 Austria131
13,194 Malaysia126
Countries with thousands of Hopper:
1,377 England5,727
2,374 Canada2,102
1,635 Australia1,957
Countries with ten thousands of Hopper:
1,218 United States31,486
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

George Hopper was 20 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on May 12, 1846. He lived in Ireland where he worked as immigrant and took Ottowa from Liverpool. 20 years old Margt. Hopper, Jane Hopper, aged 16, Barbara Hopper (14) Immigrant, 9 years old Betty-Sally Hopper, Brown Hopper, aged 11, Spinster Martha Hopper, 20 years old Cathe. Hopper, James Hopper, aged 50, and 23 other Hopper around 41.67% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer migrated to US from Liverpool, Londonderry and Sligo.

Hopper Namesakes

  • Grace Hopper, Computer scientist
  • Adriane Hopper, Television producer
  • Andy Hopper, Professor
  • Jade Hopper, Tennis player
  • Grace Hopper, Computer scientist
  • Hugh Hopper, Bass guitarist
  • Jade Hopper, Tennis player
  • Dennis Hopper, Actor
  • Beebe Hopper, Author
  • Bess Hopper, Film actress
  • Ron Hopper played main character of Kingb Prick in 2006 sci-fi flick The Pricks from Pluto VS. The Vaginas from Venus.
  • In 2019, Diana Hopper characterized the role of Duke in comedy, horror movie Bit.

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