Last Name THORPE

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Local: At the throp, i.e. the village, or 'of Thrope.' Many parishes and hamlets are so named in England.
A village. Dutch, 'Dorp.'
Origin English, Native American, Irish, Falkland, Belgian, South african

Rank 1,569 (2000 US census) 1,571 (1990 US census)
Count 20,960 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 70.85%, or 14850 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 24.53%, or 5141 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.52%, or 109 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.7%, or 147 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.77%, or 371 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.62%, or 340 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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