How common is the surname Northrup?

5,663 people in the United States had the surname Northrup in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,520 Americans. It ranked 6,057th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Northrup?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Northrup identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Northrup getting more or less common?

Less common. 5,732 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,663 in 2010, down 1.2%.

The surname Northrup

A surname, carried by 5,663 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). Northrup is more common than 96.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,663 people named Northrup in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 54,520 Americans. That is down 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,732.

#6,057

rank among US surnames

5,663

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

-1.2%

change since 2000 (was #5,565)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,051	Phifer	5,671	54,443
#6,052	Fogg	5,669	54,462
#6,054	Rahn	5,668	54,472
#6,057	Northrup	5,663	54,520
#6,058	Witkowski	5,662	54,529

Who is named Northrup

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

92% of people named Northrup identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Northrup

Northrup 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 Northrup?: 5,663 people in the United States had the surname Northrup in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,520 Americans. It ranked 6,057th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Northrup?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Northrup identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Northrup getting more or less common?: Less common. 5,732 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,663 in 2010, down 1.2%.