Sharpe

28,263 people in the United States were counted with the surname Sharpe in the 2020 census, making it the 1,224th most common in the country. That is about one person in 10,600.

By the numbers

People: 28,263
Rank: 1,224th
How common: 1 in 10,600
Per 100,000: 9.5

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Sharpe described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 68.2%
Black, not Hispanic 23.0%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.2%
Hispanic or Latino 3.5%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.7%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.4%

Notable people called Sharpe

William F. Sharpe (born 1934)American economist
Tom Sharpe (1928–2013)English satirical novelist
Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1847–1909)English ornithologist
Cassie Sharpe (born 1992)Canadian freestyle skier
Lee Sharpe (born 1971)English footballer
Shaedon Sharpe (born 2003)Canadian basketball player
Karen Sharpe (born 1934)American former actress of film and television
Will Sharpe (born 1986)British actor, writer, and director

People named Sharpe with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Sharpe

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.