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Etymology of Tropp

What does the name Tropp mean?

The Tropp surname is a habitational name, taken on from a place name in Gamrie, near Banff.

Early Origins of the Tropp family

The surname Tropp was first found in at the manor of Troup, a parish in Banffshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Bhanbh), former Scottish county located in the northeasterly Grampian region of Scotland, now of divided between the Council Areas of Moray and Aberdeenshire, where they held the lands from very early times. One record shows that Troup of that Ilk ended in an heiress who married a son of Keith, Earl Marischall (Marshall).

Early History of the Tropp family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Tropp research. Another 166 words (12 lines of text) covering the years 1296, 1304, 1320, 1332, 1370, 1538, 1600 and 1611 are included under the topic Early Tropp History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Tropp Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Troup, Troupe, Troop, Troope, Trup, Trupt, Trowpe, Trupe, Truppe and many more.

Early Notables of the Tropp family

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Tropp migration to the United States +



Tropp Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Saldin Tropp, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1748 1


  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)


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