How common is the surname Sharpe?

28,879 people in the United States had the surname Sharpe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,691 Americans. It ranked 1,226th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Sharpe?

William F. Sharpe, American economist, followed by Karen Sharpe.

Where is the surname Sharpe most common?

Wikidata records people named Sharpe in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.

How do you pronounce Sharpe?

Sharpe is /ʃɑɹp/, one syllable.

Is the surname Sharpe getting more or less common?

More common. 27,862 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 28,879 in 2010, up 3.7%.

The surname Sharpe

A surname, carried by 28,879 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ʃɑɹp/ 1 syllable Soundex S610

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sharpe is more common than 99.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 28,879 people named Sharpe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 10,691 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 27,862.

#1,226

rank among US surnames

28,879

people in 2010

9.8

per 100,000 Americans

+3.7%

change since 2000 (was #1,155)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,217	Ritchie	29,040	10,632
#1,219	Romano	29,018	10,640
#1,220	O'Neil	28,949	10,665
#1,221	Tyson	28,947	10,666
#1,222	Bui	28,919	10,676
#1,223	Hilton	28,918	10,677
#1,224	Caballero	28,903	10,682

Who is named Sharpe

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

71% of people named Sharpe identified as white (not Hispanic), 24% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 71%
Black (not Hispanic) 24%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sharpes

9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

William F. Sharpe
American economist, born 1934
Karen Sharpe
American former actress of film and television, born 1934
Will Sharpe
British actor, writer, and director, born 1986
Day'Ron Sharpe
American basketball player (born 2001)
Shannon Sharpe
American football player and commentator (born 1968)
Walter Sharpe
American basketball player (born 1986)
Sterling Sharpe
American football player (born 1965)
Nathan Sharpe
Australian rugby union player, born 1978
Lil Tecca
American rapper and singer-songwriter, born 2002

Notable Sharpes come mostly from the United States (7), the United Kingdom (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sharpe

Sharpe has the Soundex code S610, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S610.

Questions

How common is the surname Sharpe?: 28,879 people in the United States had the surname Sharpe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,691 Americans. It ranked 1,226th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sharpe?: In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Sharpe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Sharpe?: William F. Sharpe, American economist, followed by Karen Sharpe.
Where is the surname Sharpe most common?: Wikidata records people named Sharpe in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.
How do you pronounce Sharpe?: Sharpe is /ʃɑɹp/, one syllable.
Is the surname Sharpe getting more or less common?: More common. 27,862 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 28,879 in 2010, up 3.7%.