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    The surname Westrup

    A German place surname, carried by 373 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W236

    Westrup: #55,121 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Westrup #55,121, 373 people Westrup: #55,121 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Westrup #55,121, 373 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Westrup is more common than 66% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Two main origins: * Borrowed from German Westrup, a habitational surname. * English surname, a variant of Westrop.

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

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 373 people named Westrup in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 827,736 Americans. That is down 8.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 406.

    #55,121
    rank among US surnames
    373
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    -8.1%
    change since 2000 (was #48,776)

    Who is named Westrup

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

    89% of people named Westrup identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Westrup

    Westrup has the Soundex code W236, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W236.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Westrup come from?
    Two main origins: * Borrowed from German Westrup, a habitational surname. * English surname, a variant of Westrop.
    How common is the surname Westrup?
    373 people in the United States had the surname Westrup in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 827,736 Americans. It ranked 55,121st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Westrup?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Westrup identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Westrup?
    Westrup is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Westrup getting more or less common?
    Less common. 406 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 373 in 2010, down 8.1%.