# Sharp (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sharp/  
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) | 78,990 |
| US rank (2010) | 405 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 3,909 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.8% (76,868 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Sharpe |

## Etymology

* As an English, Scottish and occasionally Irish (translated from géar) surname, from the adjective sharp. * As a German surname, Americanized from scharf (“sharp”), same meaning as above.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sharp 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) | 84% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sharp in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Israel and France.

## People named Sharp

- Phillip Sharp, American biologist
- Gene Sharp, American political scientist (1928-2018)
- Hap Sharp, American racing driver
- Lesley Sharp, British actress
- Keesha Sharp, American actress
- Doug Sharp, American bobsledder
- Scott Sharp, American racing driver
- Matt Sharp, American musician (born 1969)
- Dee Dee Sharp, American R&B singer
- Don Sharp, Australian-British film director
- Kevin Sharp, American country music singer, author, and motivational speaker
- Derrick Sharp, American-Israeli basketball player

and 12 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Sharpe, Sherpa, Scharf, Sharif, Scarpa, Sharifi, Shareef, Sarabia, Shreve, Saravia, Sheriff, Serpa.

## 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.