# Earp (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/earp/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,855 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,536 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 80,090 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.4% (3,766 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

The definitive origin is unclear. Some are proposed, including Old English eorp (“swarthy”), from Proto-Germanic *erpaz (“light brown”); or a connection to the placenames Ypres (Belgium) or Erpe (Netherlands).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Earp in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Earp in the United States.

## People named Earp

- Wyatt Earp, American lawman (1848–1929)

## Similar surnames

Erb, Erbe, Erby.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.