How common is the surname Hope?

17,562 people in the United States had the surname Hope in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,580 Americans. It ranked 2,052nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hope?

Bob Hope, American entertainer (1903–2003), followed by John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow.

Where is the surname Hope most common?

Wikidata records people named Hope in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and 2 other countries.

How do you pronounce Hope?

Hope is /ˈhoʊp/, one syllable.

Is the surname Hope getting more or less common?

More common. 16,710 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,562 in 2010, up 5.1%.

Is Hope also a first name?

Yes. Hope is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Hope

A place surname, carried by 17,562 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈhoʊp/ 1 syllable Soundex H100 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hope is more common than 98.7% of them.

Origin

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

Hope is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 17,562 people named Hope in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 17,580 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,710.

#2,052

rank among US surnames

17,562

people in 2010

6.0

per 100,000 Americans

+5.1%

change since 2000 (was #1,988)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,043	Calvert	17,619	17,523
#2,044	Corcoran	17,607	17,535
#2,045	Cornejo	17,591	17,551
#2,046	O'Malley	17,588	17,554
#2,047	Albrecht	17,581	17,561
#2,048	Mallory	17,578	17,564
#2,049	Cavanaugh	17,577	17,565

Who is named Hope

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

70% of people named Hope identified as white (not Hispanic), 24% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 70%
Black (not Hispanic) 24%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 2.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hopes

13 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1994
Gloria Hope
American actress (1901-1976)
Hallam Hope
Association football player, born 1994
Elmo Hope
American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger (1923-1967)
Courtney Hope
American actress, voice actress, film producer, dancer and model, born 1989
Shai Hope
Barbadian cricketer, born 1993
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)

Notable Hopes come mostly from the United States (5), the United Kingdom (2) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Hope

Hope has the Soundex code H100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H100.

Questions

How common is the surname Hope?: 17,562 people in the United States had the surname Hope in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,580 Americans. It ranked 2,052nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hope?: In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Hope identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hope?: Bob Hope, American entertainer (1903–2003), followed by John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow.
Where is the surname Hope most common?: Wikidata records people named Hope in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and 2 other countries.
How do you pronounce Hope?: Hope is /ˈhoʊp/, one syllable.
What type of surname is Hope?: Hope is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Hope getting more or less common?: More common. 16,710 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,562 in 2010, up 5.1%.
Is Hope also a first name?: Yes. Hope is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.