How common is the surname Karp?

5,577 people in the United States had the surname Karp in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 55,361 Americans. It ranked 6,143rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Karp?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Karp identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Karp?

Richard M. Karp, American theoretical computer scientist (b.1935), followed by David Karp.

Where is the surname Karp most common?

Wikidata records people named Karp in the United States.

Is the surname Karp getting more or less common?

More common. 5,359 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,577 in 2010, up 4.1%.

The surname Karp

A Yiddish surname, carried by 5,577 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K610

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Karp is more common than 96.2% of them.

Origin

Yiddish origin

* As a German, Polish, and Jewish surname, from Yiddish and German Karpfen (“carp”). * As a German, Polish, and Russian surname, reduced from the Koine Greek saint names Καρπόφορος (Karpóphoros, “fruit-bearing”) and Πολύκαρπος (Polúkarpos, “rich in fruit”), from πολυ- (polu-) + καρπός (karpós).

One of 31 Yiddish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,577 people named Karp in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 55,361 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,359.

#6,143

rank among US surnames

5,577

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+4.1%

change since 2000 (was #5,914)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,139	Gaskill	5,581	55,321
#6,140	Macpherson	5,579	55,341
#6,141	Hanrahan	5,578	55,351
#6,143	Karp	5,577	55,361

Who is named Karp

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

95% of people named Karp identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Karps

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Richard M. Karp
American theoretical computer scientist (b.1935)
David Karp
American web developer and entrepreneur, born 1986

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Karp

Krapf

Karp has the Soundex code K610, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K610.

Other Yiddish surnames

All 31 Yiddish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Karp come from?: * As a German, Polish, and Jewish surname, from Yiddish and German Karpfen (“carp”). * As a German, Polish, and Russian surname, reduced from the Koine Greek saint names Καρπόφορος (Karpóphoros, “fruit-bearing”) and Πολύκαρπος (Polúkarpos, “rich in fruit”), from πολυ- (polu-) + καρπός (karpós).
How common is the surname Karp?: 5,577 people in the United States had the surname Karp in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 55,361 Americans. It ranked 6,143rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Karp?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Karp identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Karp?: Richard M. Karp, American theoretical computer scientist (b.1935), followed by David Karp.
Where is the surname Karp most common?: Wikidata records people named Karp in the United States.
Is the surname Karp getting more or less common?: More common. 5,359 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,577 in 2010, up 4.1%.