How common is the surname Alsup?

3,416 people in the United States had the surname Alsup in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,382 Americans. It ranked 9,515th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Alsup getting more or less common?

More common. 3,369 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,416 in 2010, up 1.4%.

The surname Alsup

A surname, carried by 3,416 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A421

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Alsup is more common than 94.1% of them.

Origin

Variant of Alsop.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,416 people named Alsup in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 90,382 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,369.

#9,515

rank among US surnames

3,416

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+1.4%

change since 2000 (was #8,930)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,506	Mosely	3,419	90,303
#9,510	Ogilvie	3,418	90,329
#9,511	Thibeault	3,417	90,356
#9,515	Hord	3,416	90,382
#9,520	Mikesell	3,415	90,409
#9,524	Dinger	3,414	90,435

Who is named Alsup

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

87% of people named Alsup identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.2%
Two or more races 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Alsup

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

Questions

Where does the surname Alsup come from?: Variant of Alsop.
How common is the surname Alsup?: 3,416 people in the United States had the surname Alsup in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,382 Americans. It ranked 9,515th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Alsup?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Alsup identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Alsup getting more or less common?: More common. 3,369 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,416 in 2010, up 1.4%.