Hopp History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Hopp family

The surname Hopp was first found in Prussia, where the name emerged in mediaeval times as one of the notable families of the region. From the 13th century the surname was identified with the great social and economic evolution which made this territory a landmark contributor to the development of the nation. By the 16th century this distinguished name branched from Prussia to Denmark, and to Frankfort.

Important Dates for the Hopp family

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Hopp Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Hoppe, Hop, Hopp and others.

Early Notables of the Hopp family (pre 1700)

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Hopp migration to the United States

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Hopp Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

• Peter Hopp migrated to Pennsylvania in 1749
• Peter Hopp, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1749 ^[1]
• Frantz Hopp, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1767 ^[1]

Hopp Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

• Nicholas Hopp, who arrived in Baltimore, Maryland in 1838 ^[1]
• Michael Adam Hopp, aged 32, who landed in Missouri in 1840 ^[1]
• Mathias Hopp, aged 27, who landed in New York, NY in 1850 ^[1]
• Sam Hopp to Arkansas in 1891
• Sam Hopp, who arrived in Arkansas in 1891 ^[1]

Hopp Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

• Max Hopp, who arrived in Arkansas in 1906 ^[1]

Contemporary Notables of the name Hopp (post 1700)

• Lisa Hopp (b. 1956), professor of nursing at Purdue University
• John H. Hopp (d. 2004), American physicist and politician
• John Leonard Hopp (1916-2003), Major League Baseball player
• Walter Hopp (1932-2005), American museum director and curator of contemporary art
• Harry Hopp (1918-1964), professional American football fullback
• Hanns Hopp (1890-1971), German architect
• Dietmar Hopp (b. 1940), German software entrepreneur
• Kristof Hopp (b. 1978), German badminton player
• Kristian Ludvig Andreassen Hopp (1870-1954), Norwegian educator and politician for the Labour Party
• Zinken Hopp (1905-1987), Norwegian author, nonsense poet and playwright

Citations

1. ^ Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)