How common is the surname Stanhope?

1,806 people in the United States had the surname Stanhope in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 170,955 Americans. It ranked 16,051st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Stanhope?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Stanhope identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Stanhope?

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, 18th-century British statesman and man of letters; (1694-1773), followed by Doug Stanhope.

Where is the surname Stanhope most common?

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

How do you pronounce Stanhope?

Stanhope is /ˈstæ.nəp/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Stanhope getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,828 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,806 in 2010, down 1.2%.

Is Stanhope also a first name?

Yes. Stanhope is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Stanhope

An English place surname, carried by 1,806 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈstæ.nəp/ 2 syllables Soundex S351 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stanhope is more common than 90.1% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Stanhope is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,806 people named Stanhope in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 170,955 Americans. That is down 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,828.

#16,051

rank among US surnames

1,806

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-1.2%

change since 2000 (was #14,862)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,049	Fritsche	1,807	170,861
#16,051	Reisner	1,806	170,955
#16,059	Hartig	1,805	171,050
#16,060	Saylors	1,804	171,145

Who is named Stanhope

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

94% of people named Stanhope identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Stanhopes

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
18th-century British statesman and man of letters; (1694-1773)
Doug Stanhope
American stand-up comedian, born 1967
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)

Notable Stanhopes come mostly from the Kingdom of Great Britain (3), the United States (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Stanhope

Stanhope has the Soundex code S351, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S351.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Stanhope come from?: The British placenames are from Old English stan (“stone”) + hōp (“valley”).
How common is the surname Stanhope?: 1,806 people in the United States had the surname Stanhope in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 170,955 Americans. It ranked 16,051st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stanhope?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Stanhope identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Stanhope?: Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, 18th-century British statesman and man of letters; (1694-1773), followed by Doug Stanhope.
Where is the surname Stanhope most common?: Wikidata records people named Stanhope in the Kingdom of Great Britain, the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
How do you pronounce Stanhope?: Stanhope is /ˈstæ.nəp/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Stanhope?: Stanhope is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Stanhope getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,828 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,806 in 2010, down 1.2%.
Is Stanhope also a first name?: Yes. Stanhope is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.