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    The surname Tharp

    A surname, carried by 13,757 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex T610

    Tharp: #2,619 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Tharp #2,619, 13,757 people Tharp: #2,619 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Tharp #2,619, 13,757 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tharp is more common than 98.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 13,757 people named Tharp in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 22,443 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,578.

    #2,619
    rank among US surnames
    13,757
    people in 2010
    4.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.3%
    change since 2000 (was #2,443)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,610Callaway13,81922,342
    #2,611Ellsworth13,81322,352
    #2,612Mathew13,80822,360
    #2,613Lovelace13,78722,394
    #2,614Valles13,77722,410
    #2,615Weller13,77422,415
    #2,616Upton13,76922,423

    Who is named Tharp

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

    93% of people named Tharp identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Tharps

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Marie Tharp
      American oceanographer and cartographer (1920–2006)
    • Twyla Tharp
      American dancer and choreographer, born 1941
    • Ja'Kobe Tharp
      American athlete (born 2005)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Tharp

    Tharp has the Soundex code T610, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T610.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Tharp?
    13,757 people in the United States had the surname Tharp in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,443 Americans. It ranked 2,619th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tharp?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Tharp identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Tharp?
    Marie Tharp, American oceanographer and cartographer (1920–2006), followed by Twyla Tharp.
    Where is the surname Tharp most common?
    Wikidata records people named Tharp in the United States.
    Is the surname Tharp getting more or less common?
    More common. 13,578 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,757 in 2010, up 1.3%.