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Hopping Family History

Hopping Surname Meaning

English: perhaps a nickname for a dancer from Middle English hopping(e) ‘dancing dance’. Compare Hopper.

English: perhaps a topographic name from Old English hoping a derivative of hop ‘remote enclosed place’ for someone who lived at or near such a place. Compare Hopper 2 and Hope.

North German (Höpping): probably a habitational name from Höpingen in Westphalia or from Hoppe with the suffix -ing of affiliation.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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You can see how Hopping families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Hopping family name was found in the USA, the UK, and Canada between 1840 and 1920. The most Hopping families were found in USA in 1880. In 1891 there were 46 Hopping families living in Kent. This was about 18% of all the recorded Hopping's in United Kingdom. Kent had the highest population of Hopping families in 1891.
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Between 1950 and 2004, in the United States, Hopping life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1950, and highest in 2003. The average life expectancy for Hopping in 1950 was 29, and 80 in 2004.

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