# Hope (surname)

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

An English and Scottish topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived in a hope, a small enclosed valley.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 17,562 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,052 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 17,580 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.1% (16,710 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhoʊp/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hope 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) | 70% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 24% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hope in the United States, the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Australia and South Africa.

## People named Hope

- Bob Hope, American entertainer (1903–2003)
- John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow, British colonial governor (1860-1908)
- Dolores Hope, American singer, entertainer, philanthropist (1909-2011)
- Mitchell Hope, Australian actor and model
- Gloria Hope, American actress (1901-1976)
- Hallam Hope, association football player
- Elmo Hope, American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger (1923-1967)
- Courtney Hope, American actress, voice actress, film producer, dancer and model
- Shai Hope, Barbadian cricketer
- John Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun, British Army general (1765-1823)
- Fredric Hope, art director (1900-1937)
- A. D. Hope, Australian poet and essayist (1907-2000)

and 1 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Hoppe, Hopp, Hovey, Hove, Hopf, Huff, Hoff, Hupp, Hipp, Hobby, Hebb, Hepp.

## 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.