Explore the Family Name Hoopman

The meaning of Hoopman

1. Dutch: habitational name, formed with man ‘man’, for someone from any of several places called (De) Hoop or Ten Hoopen (see Hoop 2). In North America, this surname may in some cases also be an altered form of the variant Hoepman. 2. Americanized form of North German Hoopmann: habitational name for someone from any of several places called Hoop or Hope(n) in Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein (see Hoop 1).

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How common is the last name Hoopman in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Hoopman saw a slight increase in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Hoopman was ranked as the 70,473rd most popular surname, but by 2010 it had climbed to 69,170th. Count of individuals with the Hoopman surname also increased from 259 in 2000 to 284 in 2010, an increase of 9.65%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#70,473	#69,170	1.85%
Count	259	284	9.65%
Proportion per 100k	0.1	0.1	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Hoopman

The Decennial U.S. Census also provides insights into the ethnic identity associated with the surname Hoopman. In both 2000 and 2010, the majority of individuals with this surname identified as White, though there was a slight decrease in this percentage from 96.53% in 2000 to 94.37% in 2010. In 2010, the census data also reported a small proportion of individuals with the Hoopman surname identifying as Hispanic and American Indian and Alaskan Native, despite no representation from these ethnicities in 2000. No individuals with the Hoopman surname identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or of two or more races in either 2000 or 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.53%	94.37%	-2.24%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	2.82%	0%
Hispanic	0%	2.46%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%