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 8
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 42
Cambridgeshire 1
Channel Islands 31
Cheshire 1
Cornwall 53
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 7
Devon 695
Dorset 52
Durham 9
Essex 22
Gloucestershire 13
Hampshire 180
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 32
Lancashire 13
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 428
Middlesex 17
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 11
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 2
Rutland 0
Shropshire 4
Suffolk 1
Somerset 18
Surrey 43
Sussex 40
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 30
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 9

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 1
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 19
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 1
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Soper Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Soper family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 373
Agricultural Labourer 35
Dress Maker 33
General Servant 18
Laundress 16
General Labourer 14
Labourer 13
Farm Labourer 13
Domestic Servant 12
Annuitant 10
Carpenter 10
Charwoman 10
Servant 10
Farmers Son 10
General Servant Domestic 8
No Occupation 8
None 7
Blacksmith 7
Farm Servant Indoor 7
Cook Domestic 6
Printer 6
Brass Finisher 5
Milliner 5
Shoe Maker 5
Copper Miner 5

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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