as a Last Name
- 4,743
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Raper
Meaning & Origins
English (Yorkshire): variant of Roper. In southern dialects of English, Old English -ā- became Middle English -ō-, whereas in Yorkshire -a- was preserved and gave rise to this form of the surname.
| 6,235th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 4,743
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Arkansas
- has the most people named Raper per capita
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