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    The surname Tharpe

    A surname, carried by 4,486 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex T610

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tharpe is more common than 95.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,486 people named Tharpe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 68,824 Americans. That is up 7.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,187.

    #7,421
    rank among US surnames
    4,486
    people in 2010
    1.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.1%
    change since 2000 (was #7,330)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,413Bonney4,49168,748
    #7,418Breslin4,49068,763
    #7,420DiGiovanni4,48768,809
    #7,421Tower4,48668,824
    #7,426Nealy4,48568,840
    #7,429Kiger4,48468,855
    #7,430Marinelli4,48368,870

    Who is named Tharpe

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

    58% of people named Tharpe identified as white (not Hispanic), 37% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 58%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 37%
    • Two or more races 2.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Tharpes

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Sister Rosetta Tharpe
      American gospel musician (1915–1973)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Tharpe

    Tharpe 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 Tharpe?
    4,486 people in the United States had the surname Tharpe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,824 Americans. It ranked 7,421st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tharpe?
    In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Tharpe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 37% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Tharpe?
    Sister Rosetta Tharpe, American gospel musician (1915–1973).
    Where is the surname Tharpe most common?
    Wikidata records people named Tharpe in the United States.
    Is the surname Tharpe getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,187 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,486 in 2010, up 7.1%.