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    The surname Stroup

    A surname, carried by 7,627 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S361

    Stroup: #4,650 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Stroup #4,650, 7,627 people Stroup: #4,650 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Stroup #4,650, 7,627 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stroup is more common than 97.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 7,627 people named Stroup in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 40,481 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,423.

    #4,650
    rank among US surnames
    7,627
    people in 2010
    2.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.7%
    change since 2000 (was #4,419)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,645Whiteman7,64240,401
    #4,648Driggers7,64140,406
    #4,649Fortier7,63440,443
    #4,650Stroup7,62740,481
    #4,652Mather7,62140,512

    Who is named Stroup

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

    95% of people named Stroup identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Stroups

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jessica Stroup
      American actress, born 1986

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Stroup

    Stroup has the Soundex code S361, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S361.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Stroup?
    7,627 people in the United States had the surname Stroup in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,481 Americans. It ranked 4,650th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Stroup?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Stroup identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Stroup?
    Jessica Stroup, American actress.
    Where is the surname Stroup most common?
    Wikidata records people named Stroup in the United States.
    Is the surname Stroup getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,423 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,627 in 2010, up 2.7%.