How common is the surname Northrop?

3,990 people in the United States had the surname Northrop in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,380 Americans. It ranked 8,305th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Northrop?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Northrop identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Northrop?

John Howard Northrop, American biochemist (1891-1987), followed by Jack Northrop.

Where is the surname Northrop most common?

Wikidata records people named Northrop in the United States.

Is the surname Northrop getting more or less common?

More common. 3,727 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,990 in 2010, up 7.1%.

The surname Northrop

A surname, carried by 3,990 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex N636

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Northrop is more common than 94.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,990 people named Northrop in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 77,380 Americans. That is up 7.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,727.

#8,305

rank among US surnames

3,990

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+7.1%

change since 2000 (was #8,193)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,297	Schiff	3,993	77,322
#8,299	Hoard	3,992	77,341
#8,304	Vannoy	3,991	77,360
#8,305	Jean-Pierre	3,990	77,380
#8,308	Press	3,989	77,399
#8,312	Steinbach	3,987	77,438
#8,313	Rideout	3,986	77,457

Who is named Northrop

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

94% of people named Northrop identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Northrops

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Howard Northrop
American biochemist (1891-1987)
Jack Northrop
American aircraft industrialist and designer, founder of Northrop Corporation (1895–1981)
Ann Northrop
American activist and journalist, born 1948

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Northrop

Northrop has the Soundex code N636, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N636.

Questions

How common is the surname Northrop?: 3,990 people in the United States had the surname Northrop in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,380 Americans. It ranked 8,305th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Northrop?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Northrop identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Northrop?: John Howard Northrop, American biochemist (1891-1987), followed by Jack Northrop.
Where is the surname Northrop most common?: Wikidata records people named Northrop in the United States.
Is the surname Northrop getting more or less common?: More common. 3,727 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,990 in 2010, up 7.1%.