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    The surname Hoppe

    A nickname surname, carried by 9,215 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H100

    Hoppe: #3,841 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Hoppe #3,841, 9,215 people Hoppe: #3,841 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hoppe #3,841, 9,215 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hoppe is more common than 97.6% of them.

    Origin

    * As a Dutch and German surname, spelling variant of Hopp. * Also as a German surname, nickname from hoppen (“to hop”); see hüpfen. * As a Danish surname, from the German surname Hopf, as well as Danish hoppe (“mare, horse”). * As an English surname, spelling variant of Hopper.

    Hoppe is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 9,215 people named Hoppe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 33,505 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,115.

    #3,841
    rank among US surnames
    9,215
    people in 2010
    3.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.1%
    change since 2000 (was #3,581)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,832Sturm9,24233,407
    #3,833Reinhart9,23733,425
    #3,834McNutt9,23233,443
    #3,835Tu9,23033,450
    #3,837Galicia9,22933,454
    #3,838Javier9,22633,465
    #3,839Demers9,22533,468

    Who is named Hoppe

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

    95% of people named Hoppe identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hoppes

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Hans-Hermann Hoppe
      Austrian school economist and libertarian anarcho-capitalist philosopher, born 1949
    • Matthew Hoppe
      American soccer player, born 2001
    • René Hoppe
      Bobsledder, born 1976

    Notable Hoppes come mostly from Germany (2) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hoppe

    Hoppe 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 Hoppe come from?
    * As a Dutch and German surname, spelling variant of Hopp. * Also as a German surname, nickname from hoppen (“to hop”); see hüpfen. * As a Danish surname, from the German surname Hopf, as well as Danish hoppe (“mare, horse”). * As an English surname, spelling variant of Hopper.
    How common is the surname Hoppe?
    9,215 people in the United States had the surname Hoppe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,505 Americans. It ranked 3,841st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hoppe?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hoppe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Hoppe?
    Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Austrian school economist and libertarian anarcho-capitalist philosopher, followed by Matthew Hoppe.
    Where is the surname Hoppe most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hoppe in Germany and the United States.
    What type of surname is Hoppe?
    Hoppe is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
    Is the surname Hoppe getting more or less common?
    More common. 9,115 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,215 in 2010, up 1.1%.