How common is the surname Shope?

4,239 people in the United States had the surname Shope in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,835 Americans. It ranked 7,810th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Shope?

Richard Shope, American virologist (1901-1966).

Where is the surname Shope most common?

Wikidata records people named Shope in the United States.

Is the surname Shope getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,277 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,239 in 2010, down 0.9%.

The surname Shope

A surname, carried by 4,239 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shope is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,239 people named Shope in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 72,835 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,277.

#7,810

rank among US surnames

4,239

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

-0.9%

change since 2000 (was #7,196)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,801	Perera	4,242	72,783
#7,803	Mullaney	4,241	72,800
#7,807	Thies	4,240	72,817
#7,810	Shope	4,239	72,835
#7,812	Whitacre	4,238	72,852
#7,815	Danko	4,237	72,869
#7,816	Huertas	4,235	72,903

Who is named Shope

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

96% of people named Shope identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.2% as two or more races and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Two or more races 1.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Shopes

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Richard Shope
American virologist (1901-1966)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Shope

Shope has the Soundex code S100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S100.

Questions

How common is the surname Shope?: 4,239 people in the United States had the surname Shope in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,835 Americans. It ranked 7,810th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Shope?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Shope identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Shope?: Richard Shope, American virologist (1901-1966).
Where is the surname Shope most common?: Wikidata records people named Shope in the United States.
Is the surname Shope getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,277 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,239 in 2010, down 0.9%.