Kuper Family History
Kuper Name Meaning
North German (also Küper): occupational name for a
cooper, from Middle Low German kuper ‘cooper’.Swiss
German: nickname for a sulky person, from Swiss German kupen
‘to sulk’, ‘to pout’.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): from
Yiddish kuper ‘copper’ (or a Yiddishized form of German
Kupfer), hence a metonymic occupational name for a coppersmith
or an ornamental name.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Kuper
Name Distribution of Kuper Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Kuper families
 11 - 20  4 - 10 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Kuper families
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4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Kuper last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Kuper census records
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Kuper Family Origin
Kuper Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Kuper
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Kuper Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Kuper census records
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Kuper Civil War Service Records
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