Shope Surname
Approximately 5,745 people bear this surname
Shope Surname User-submission:
The Shope surname derived from the Middle English schoppe, meaning 'shop' or 'shed', thus denoting a shopkeeper.
Shope Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,479 | 1:66,154 | 7,722 |
| Zimbabwe | 110 | 1:140,348 | 18,198 |
| South Africa | 28 | 1:1,934,918 | 88,980 |
| Nigeria | 26 | 1:6,813,183 | 158,601 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Russia | 11 | 1:13,102,096 | 377,010 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Albania | 9 | 1:323,784 | 16,217 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Kosovo | 5 | 1:372,374 | 9,323 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 690 | 1:72,781 | 7,810 |
Shope (275) may also be a first name.
Shope Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Shope surname derived from the Middle English schoppe, meaning 'shop' or 'shed', thus denoting a shopkeeper.
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Shope Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shope Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shope (Georgian: შოპე, Marathi: शोपे, Russian: Шьопе) occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shope? popularity and diffusion
It is the 84,145th most frequently used family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,268,502 people. The surname Shope is predominantly found in The Americas, where 95 percent of Shope live; 95 percent live in North America and 95 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 535,844th most widely held given name throughout the world, held by 275 people.
The surname Shope is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 5,479 people, or 1 in 66,154. In The United States Shope is most numerous in: Pennsylvania, where 17 percent are found, Ohio, where 15 percent are found and North Carolina, where 9 percent are found. Aside from The United States this last name occurs in 28 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 2 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.
Shope Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Shope has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Shope last name increased 794 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 1,100 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Shope Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Shope surname are 26.65% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 73.42% registered with the political party.
The amount Shope earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 115.61% more than the national average, earning R 512,376 per year and in United States they earn 8.68% less than the national average, earning $39,402 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shope Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shope in the Georgian language | ||
| შოპე | shope | - |
| Shope in the Marathi language | ||
| शोपे | sope | - |
| Shope in the Russian language | ||
| Шьопе | sope | - |
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Shope Reference & Research
Shupe/Shoop/Shoup FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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