Last Name SHARP

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Nickname: The sharp, the quick, keen, cutting. Naturally this was a sobriquet likely to be handed down as being complimentary.
Origin English, Scottish, Jewish, Irish, Falkland, Nigerian, South african, Hungarian

Rank 371 (2000 US census) 332 (1990 US census)
Count 76,868 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 85.12%, or 65430 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 10.5%, or 8071 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.45%, or 346 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.95%, or 730 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.4%, or 1076 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.58%, or 1215 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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