How common is the surname Thorp?

6,067 people in the United States had the surname Thorp in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,889 Americans. It ranked 5,716th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Thorp?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Thorp identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Thorp?

Edward O. Thorp, American mathematician.

Where is the surname Thorp most common?

Wikidata records people named Thorp in the United States.

Is the surname Thorp getting more or less common?

Less common. 6,194 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,067 in 2010, down 2.1%.

The surname Thorp

A Norse place surname, carried by 6,067 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex T610

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Thorp is more common than 96.5% of them.

Origin

Norse origin

* As an English surname, spelling variant of Thorpe. * As a North Germanic surname, spelling variant of Torp, from a placename derived from Old Norse þorp (“farm”).

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

One of 126 Norse surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,067 people named Thorp in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 50,889 Americans. That is down 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,194.

#5,716

rank among US surnames

6,067

people in 2010

2.1

per 100,000 Americans

-2.1%

change since 2000 (was #5,184)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,711	Lavelle	6,074	50,831
#5,713	McClary	6,070	50,864
#5,715	Sonnier	6,068	50,881
#5,716	Thorp	6,067	50,889

Who is named Thorp

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

93% of people named Thorp identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Thorps

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Edward O. Thorp
American mathematician, born 1932

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Thorp

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

Other Norse surnames

All 126 Norse surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Thorp come from?: * As an English surname, spelling variant of Thorpe. * As a North Germanic surname, spelling variant of Torp, from a placename derived from Old Norse þorp (“farm”).
How common is the surname Thorp?: 6,067 people in the United States had the surname Thorp in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,889 Americans. It ranked 5,716th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Thorp?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Thorp identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Thorp?: Edward O. Thorp, American mathematician.
Where is the surname Thorp most common?: Wikidata records people named Thorp in the United States.
What type of surname is Thorp?: Thorp is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Thorp getting more or less common?: Less common. 6,194 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,067 in 2010, down 2.1%.