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    The surname Hopewell

    A surname, carried by 1,473 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H140

    Hopewell: #18,671 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hopewell #18,671, 1,473 people Hopewell: #18,671 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hopewell #18,671, 1,473 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hopewell is more common than 88.5% of them.

    Origin

    Ultimately from hope + well. The civil parish in New Brunswick may have been named after Hopewell, Pennsylvania.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,473 people named Hopewell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 209,603 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,444.

    #18,671
    rank among US surnames
    1,473
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2%
    change since 2000 (was #17,871)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,671Hamaker1,473209,603
    #18,676Purpura1,472209,746

    Who is named Hopewell

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

    64% of people named Hopewell identified as white (not Hispanic), 30% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 64%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 30%
    • Two or more races 3.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hopewell come from?
    Ultimately from hope + well. The civil parish in New Brunswick may have been named after Hopewell, Pennsylvania.
    How common is the surname Hopewell?
    1,473 people in the United States had the surname Hopewell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 209,603 Americans. It ranked 18,671st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hopewell?
    In the 2010 Census, 64% of people named Hopewell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 30% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Hopewell getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,444 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,473 in 2010, up 2.0%.