How common is the surname Swope?

8,415 people in the United States had the surname Swope in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,690 Americans. It ranked 4,211th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Swope?

Henrietta Hill Swope, American astronomer (1902–1980), followed by Gerard Swope.

Where is the surname Swope most common?

Wikidata records people named Swope in the United States.

Is the surname Swope getting more or less common?

Less common. 8,457 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,415 in 2010, down 0.5%.

The surname Swope

A German surname, carried by 8,415 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). Swope is more common than 97.4% of them.

Origin

German origin

Perhaps an altered form of German Schwab.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,415 people named Swope in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,690 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 8,457.

#4,211

rank among US surnames

8,415

people in 2010

2.9

per 100,000 Americans

-0.5%

change since 2000 (was #3,858)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,203	Baeza	8,432	36,616
#4,204	Seidel	8,430	36,625
#4,205	Snipes	8,428	36,633
#4,206	Sandlin	8,421	36,664
#4,207	Sherrod	8,420	36,668
#4,208	Herbst	8,419	36,672
#4,209	Monge	8,418	36,677

Who is named Swope

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

90% of people named Swope identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Swopes

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Henrietta Hill Swope
American astronomer (1902–1980)
Gerard Swope
American businessman (1872–1957)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Swope

Shope

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Swope come from?: Perhaps an altered form of German Schwab.
How common is the surname Swope?: 8,415 people in the United States had the surname Swope in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,690 Americans. It ranked 4,211th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Swope?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Swope identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Swope?: Henrietta Hill Swope, American astronomer (1902–1980), followed by Gerard Swope.
Where is the surname Swope most common?: Wikidata records people named Swope in the United States.
Is the surname Swope getting more or less common?: Less common. 8,457 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,415 in 2010, down 0.5%.