Soper Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 2
Berkshire 40
Cambridgeshire 5
Channel Islands 22
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 26
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 646
Dorset 61
Durham 0
Essex 11
Gloucestershire 13
Hampshire 176
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 29
Lancashire 8
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 318
Middlesex 7
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 7
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 3
Rutland 0
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 8
Somerset 7
Surrey 27
Sussex 52
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 15
Worcestershire 7
Yorkshire 3

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 6
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 6
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Soper Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Soper family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 305
Agricultural Labourer 43
Labourer 25
Laundress 25
Dress Maker 17
Annuitant 17
Domestic Servant 15
General Servant 14
Carpenter 12
Servant 10
Dressmaker 8
Tailor 7
Wife 7
Blacksmith 6
Butcher 6
Cook 6
Lace Maker 6
Shoe Maker 6
Gardener 5
Joiner 5
Stone Mason 5
Farmers Son 5
Painter 5
Farm Labourer 4
Farm Servant 4

Most Frequent Forenames for Soper

Name Census Frequency
William Soper 1,026
Mary Soper 854
John Soper 801
Elizabeth Soper 570
George Soper 417
Henry Soper 363
Thomas Soper 340
James Soper 322
Charles Soper 315
Sarah Soper 300
Jane Soper 257
Ann Soper 243
Richard Soper 217
Emma Soper 208
Frederick Soper 198
Ellen Soper 197
Eliza Soper 175
Emily Soper 158
Alice Soper 153
Edward Soper 147
Samuel Soper 141
Edith Soper 139
Annie Soper 134
Alfred Soper 133
Arthur Soper 131

Soper Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Soper 100% 13,058
2 Spear 60% 10,307
3 Speer 60% 2,350
4 Spoor 40% 2,223
5 Spier 60% 1,795
6 Spare 40% 1,705
7 Speare 50% 1,130
8 Spire 40% 544
9 Soaper 83% 500
10 Spur 60% 419
11 Spore 40% 370
12 Spiro 40% 277
13 Spoore 33% 259
14 Spour 40% 257
15 Saper 80% 242
16 Spree 40% 208
17 Super 80% 206
18 Asper 60% 184
19 Saperia 57% 130
20 Sopper 83% 122
21 Spir 60% 109
22 Spure 40% 109

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The surname Soper is the most popular version of all its varients

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