How common is the surname Upham?

1,804 people in the United States had the surname Upham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 171,145 Americans. It ranked 16,060th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Upham?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Upham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Who is the most famous person named Upham?

Misty Upham, American actress (1982-2014), followed by Warren Upham.

Where is the surname Upham most common?

Wikidata records people named Upham in the United States.

Is the surname Upham getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,812 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,804 in 2010, down 0.4%.

The surname Upham

An English place surname, carried by 1,804 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex U150

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Upham is more common than 90.1% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English upp (“upper”) + hām (“homestead”). The civil parish in New Brunswick is named after Loyalist military officer and politician Joshua Upham (1741 - 1808).

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

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,804 people named Upham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 171,145 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,812.

#16,060

rank among US surnames

1,804

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-0.4%

change since 2000 (was #14,966)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,051	Reisner	1,806	170,955
#16,059	Hartig	1,805	171,050
#16,060	Saylors	1,804	171,145
#16,064	Ochsner	1,803	171,240

Who is named Upham

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

92% of people named Upham identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.8%
Two or more races 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Uphams

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Misty Upham
American actress (1982-2014)
Warren Upham
American geologist (1850-1934)
Charles Wentworth Upham
American politician (1802–1875)

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Upham come from?: From Old English upp (“upper”) + hām (“homestead”). The civil parish in New Brunswick is named after Loyalist military officer and politician Joshua Upham (1741 - 1808).
How common is the surname Upham?: 1,804 people in the United States had the surname Upham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 171,145 Americans. It ranked 16,060th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Upham?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Upham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Who is the most famous person named Upham?: Misty Upham, American actress (1982-2014), followed by Warren Upham.
Where is the surname Upham most common?: Wikidata records people named Upham in the United States.
What type of surname is Upham?: Upham is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Upham getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,812 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,804 in 2010, down 0.4%.