How common is the surname Jessup?

6,964 people in the United States had the surname Jessup in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,335 Americans. It ranked 5,037th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Jessup?

Marion Jessup, American tennis player (1896–1980), followed by Philip Jessup.

Where is the surname Jessup most common?

Wikidata records people named Jessup in the United States.

How do you pronounce Jessup?

Jessup is /ˈd͡ʒɛsəp/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Jessup getting more or less common?

Less common. 7,028 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,964 in 2010, down 0.9%.

The surname Jessup

A surname, carried by 6,964 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɛsəp/ 2 syllables Soundex J210

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jessup is more common than 96.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,964 people named Jessup in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 44,335 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,028.

#5,037

rank among US surnames

6,964

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

-0.9%

change since 2000 (was #4,615)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,029	Heffner	6,980	44,233
#5,031	Barcenas	6,979	44,239
#5,032	Smithson	6,978	44,246
#5,033	Musick	6,972	44,284
#5,034	Bastian	6,967	44,315
#5,035	Qureshi	6,966	44,322
#5,036	Monteiro	6,965	44,328

Who is named Jessup

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

82% of people named Jessup identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 13%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Jessups

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1954
Morris K. Jessup
American UFO writer (1900–1959)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Jessup

Jessop

Jessup has the Soundex code J210, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J210.

Questions

How common is the surname Jessup?: 6,964 people in the United States had the surname Jessup in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,335 Americans. It ranked 5,037th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Jessup?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Jessup identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Jessup?: Marion Jessup, American tennis player (1896–1980), followed by Philip Jessup.
Where is the surname Jessup most common?: Wikidata records people named Jessup in the United States.
How do you pronounce Jessup?: Jessup is /ˈd͡ʒɛsəp/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Jessup getting more or less common?: Less common. 7,028 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,964 in 2010, down 0.9%.