How common is the surname Hopf?

1,175 people in the United States had the surname Hopf in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 262,762 Americans. It ranked 22,056th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hopf?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hopf identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Hopf getting more or less common?

More common. 1,036 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,175 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Hopf

A surname, carried by 1,175 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hopf is more common than 86.4% of them.

Origin

From the German surname for a brewer, from Hopfen (“hop”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,175 people named Hopf in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 262,762 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,036.

#22,056

rank among US surnames

1,175

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+13.4%

change since 2000 (was #23,037)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#22,047	Whistler	1,176	262,539
#22,056	Hopf	1,175	262,762

Who is named Hopf

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

96% of people named Hopf identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Two or more races 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hopf

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

Questions

Where does the surname Hopf come from?: From the German surname for a brewer, from Hopfen (“hop”).
How common is the surname Hopf?: 1,175 people in the United States had the surname Hopf in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 262,762 Americans. It ranked 22,056th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hopf?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hopf identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Hopf getting more or less common?: More common. 1,036 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,175 in 2010, up 13%.