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    The surname Wardrop

    An occupational surname, carried by 664 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W636

    Wardrop: #34,185 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Wardrop #34,185, 664 people Wardrop: #34,185 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Wardrop #34,185, 664 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wardrop is more common than 78.9% of them.

    Origin

    Metonymic occupational surname for someone who was in charge of the garments worn by a feudal lord and his household.

    Wardrop is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 664 people named Wardrop in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 464,978 Americans. That is up 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 626.

    #34,185
    rank among US surnames
    664
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.1%
    change since 2000 (was #34,259)

    Who is named Wardrop

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

    95% of people named Wardrop identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Wardrop

    Wardrop has the Soundex code W636, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W636.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Wardrop come from?
    Metonymic occupational surname for someone who was in charge of the garments worn by a feudal lord and his household.
    How common is the surname Wardrop?
    664 people in the United States had the surname Wardrop in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 464,978 Americans. It ranked 34,185th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wardrop?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wardrop identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as two or more races.
    What type of surname is Wardrop?
    Wardrop is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Wardrop getting more or less common?
    More common. 626 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 664 in 2010, up 6.1%.
    What are other spellings of Wardrop?
    Waldrep, Waldrup, Wardrip and Wardrope.