Raper: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

In old registers, Raper often stands in for Roper. The family name meaning is “rope maker”, the same as for Roper. Raper writes “a” in place of the “o” found in Roper, a typical scribal difference. The same family of names includes Rooper.

The 2010 US Census counted 4,825 people named Raper, ranking it number 6,952 among American surnames. It sits within the 10,000 most common last names in the country.

There is no single Raper family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were. Want more than a summary? See the Raper family name pack.