How common is the surname Sharpless?

1,626 people in the United States had the surname Sharpless in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 189,880 Americans. It ranked 17,367th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Sharpless?

Karl Barry Sharpless, American chemist and Nobel Laureate (born 1941), followed by Stewart Sharpless.

Where is the surname Sharpless most common?

Wikidata records people named Sharpless in the United States.

Is the surname Sharpless getting more or less common?

More common. 1,615 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,626 in 2010, up 0.7%.

The surname Sharpless

A surname, carried by 1,626 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S614

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sharpless is more common than 89.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,626 people named Sharpless in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 189,880 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,615.

#17,367

rank among US surnames

1,626

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+0.7%

change since 2000 (was #16,411)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,359	Tussey	1,627	189,764
#17,367	Safi	1,626	189,880

Who is named Sharpless

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

79% of people named Sharpless identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 79%
Black (not Hispanic) 16%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sharplesss

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Karl Barry Sharpless
American chemist and Nobel Laureate (born 1941)
Stewart Sharpless
American astronomer (1926-2013)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sharpless

Sharples

Sharpless has the Soundex code S614, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S614.

Questions

How common is the surname Sharpless?: 1,626 people in the United States had the surname Sharpless in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 189,880 Americans. It ranked 17,367th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sharpless?: In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Sharpless identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Sharpless?: Karl Barry Sharpless, American chemist and Nobel Laureate (born 1941), followed by Stewart Sharpless.
Where is the surname Sharpless most common?: Wikidata records people named Sharpless in the United States.
Is the surname Sharpless getting more or less common?: More common. 1,615 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,626 in 2010, up 0.7%.