# Stanhope (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/stanhope/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An English habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,806 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,051 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 170,955 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.2% (1,828 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈstæ.nəp/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

The British placenames are from Old English stan (“stone”) + hōp (“valley”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Stanhope 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Stanhope in the Kingdom of Great Britain, the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Stanhope

- Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, 18th-century British statesman and man of letters; (1694-1773)
- Doug Stanhope, American stand-up comedian
- James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope, British Army general (1673-1721)
- Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington, British Army general (1753-1829)
- Edward Stanhope, British Conservative Party politician (1840-1893)

## Similar surnames

Stanford, Stamper, Stanfield, Stamp, Stanberry, Stampley, Stump, Steinberg, Stamps, Stumpf, Stambaugh, Steinbach.

## 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.