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 36
Buckinghamshire 10
Berkshire 50
Cambridgeshire 1
Channel Islands 18
Cheshire 9
Cornwall 47
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 4
Devon 676
Dorset 63
Durham 8
Essex 89
Gloucestershire 9
Hampshire 274
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 14
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 52
Lancashire 22
Leicestershire 2
Lincolnshire 8
London 593
Middlesex 98
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 2
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 1
Oxfordshire 16
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 2
Somerset 17
Surrey 116
Sussex 59
Staffordshire 8
Warwickshire 28
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 28
Worcestershire 2
Yorkshire 12

Wales

Anglesey 1
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 1
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 58
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 5
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Soper Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Soper family

Profession Census Frequency
School 251
Dressmaker 30
Private Means 24
None 21
Farm Labourer 16
Farmer 15
General Labourer 14
General Servant (domestic) 12
Labourer 12
Domestic Servant 11
Dress Maker 9
House Painter 9
Gardener (domestic) 8
Clerk 8
At School 8
At Home 7
Old Age Pensioner 7
Housekeeper 7
Housemaid (domestic) 7
House Keeper 7
Charwoman 6
Labourer General 6
Laundress 6
Student 6
General Servant Domestic 6

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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