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The hopper Surname

hopper Name Meaning and History

  1. English and Scottish: occupational name for a professional tumbler or acrobat, or a nickname for a restless individual with plenty of energy, Middle English hoppere, an agent derivative of Old English hoppian ‘to hop’.
  2. German: nickname from an agent derivative of Middle High German, Middle Low German hoppen ‘to limp or stumble’.
  3. Dutch: occupational name for a hop grower or seller, from Middle Dutch hoppe ‘hop(s)’ + the agent suffix -er.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of hopper Families in the US in 1920
Number of hopper families
 152-301
 51-151
 1-50
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