How common is the surname Sharper?

1,069 people in the United States had the surname Sharper in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 288,817 Americans. It ranked 23,691st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Sharper?

Darren Sharper, American football player (born 1975).

Where is the surname Sharper most common?

Wikidata records people named Sharper in the United States.

Is the surname Sharper getting more or less common?

More common. 845 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,069 in 2010, up 27%.

The surname Sharper

A surname, carried by 1,069 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S616

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sharper is more common than 85.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,069 people named Sharper in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 288,817 Americans. That is up 27% since 2000, when the Census counted 845.

#23,691

rank among US surnames

1,069

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+26.5%

change since 2000 (was #26,987)

Who is named Sharper

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

80% of people named Sharper identified as Black (not Hispanic), 15% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 80%
White (not Hispanic) 15%
Two or more races 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Sharpers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Darren Sharper
American football player (born 1975)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sharper

Sharper has the Soundex code S616, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S616.

Questions

How common is the surname Sharper?: 1,069 people in the United States had the surname Sharper in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 288,817 Americans. It ranked 23,691st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sharper?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Sharper identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 15% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Sharper?: Darren Sharper, American football player (born 1975).
Where is the surname Sharper most common?: Wikidata records people named Sharper in the United States.
Is the surname Sharper getting more or less common?: More common. 845 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,069 in 2010, up 27%.