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    The surname Tope

    A surname, carried by 1,550 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex T100

    Tope: #18,007 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Tope #18,007, 1,550 people Tope: #18,007 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Tope #18,007, 1,550 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tope is more common than 88.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,550 people named Tope in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 199,191 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,528.

    #18,007
    rank among US surnames
    1,550
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.4%
    change since 2000 (was #17,128)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,003Wasielewski1,551199,062
    #18,007Spivak1,550199,191

    Who is named Tope

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

    90% of people named Tope identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Topes

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Travis Tope
      American actor, born 1991

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Tope

    Tope has the Soundex code T100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T100.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Tope?
    1,550 people in the United States had the surname Tope in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 199,191 Americans. It ranked 18,007th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tope?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Tope identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Tope?
    Travis Tope, American actor.
    Where is the surname Tope most common?
    Wikidata records people named Tope in the United States.
    Is the surname Tope getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,528 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,550 in 2010, up 1.4%.