# Jessup (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,964 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,037 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 44,335 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.9% (7,028 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈd͡ʒɛsəp/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Jessup 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) | 82% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Jessup in the United States.

## People named Jessup

- Marion Jessup, American tennis player (1896–1980)
- Philip Jessup, American diplomat, scholar, and jurist (1897–1986)
- Harley Jessup, American production designer and visual effects artist
- Morris K. Jessup, American UFO writer (1900–1959)

## Similar surnames

Jessop, Joseph, Jacob, Jacobo, Jacoby, Jacobi.

## 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.