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    The surname Alsop

    A surname, carried by 1,355 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex A421

    Alsop: #19,834 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Alsop #19,834, 1,355 people Alsop: #19,834 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Alsop #19,834, 1,355 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Alsop is more common than 87.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,355 people named Alsop in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 227,856 Americans. That is down 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,366.

    #19,834
    rank among US surnames
    1,355
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.8%
    change since 2000 (was #18,607)

    Who is named Alsop

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    81% of people named Alsop identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 81%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.8%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Alsops

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Marin Alsop
      American conductor and violinist (born 1956)
    • Will Alsop
      British architect (1947–2018)
    • Joseph Alsop
      American columnist (1910–1989)

    Notable Alsops come mostly from the United Kingdom (2) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Alsop

    Alsop has the Soundex code A421, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A421.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Alsop?
    1,355 people in the United States had the surname Alsop in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 227,856 Americans. It ranked 19,834th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Alsop?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Alsop identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Alsop?
    Marin Alsop, American conductor and violinist (born 1956), followed by Will Alsop.
    Where is the surname Alsop most common?
    Wikidata records people named Alsop in the United Kingdom and the United States.
    Is the surname Alsop getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,366 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,355 in 2010, down 0.8%.
    What are other spellings of Alsop?
    Allsop, Allsopp and Alsup.