Explore the Family Name Sharpless

The meaning of Sharpless

English: variant of Sharples.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Sharpless has seen a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the Sharpless surname was ranked 16,411th in terms of prevalence, but it slipped to 17,367th in 2010 - a drop of 5.83 percent. Despite this slip in ranking, the actual count of individuals with the Sharpless surname increased marginally from 1,615 in 2000 to 1,626 in 2010, a growth of 0.68 percent. However, when represented as a proportion per 100,000 people, the occurrence of Sharpless decreased by 8.33 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#16,411	#17,367	-5.83%
Count	1,615	1,626	0.68%
Proportion per 100k	0.6	0.55	-8.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Sharpless

As for the ethnic identity associated with the surname Sharpless, based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the majority identify as White, accounting for 80.74 percent in 2000 and 79.03 percent in 2010 - marking a slight decrease. The Black ethnicity also carries a significant portion of the Sharpless surname, increasing from 15.11 percent in 2000 to 15.50 percent in 2010. A noteworthy change is observed in the Hispanic section which saw an increase of 62.28 percent, although they still make up a small percentage of the total. Furthermore, a small proportion of Sharpless identified as Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native in 2010, where none were recorded in 2000. Individuals who identified as belonging to two or more races slightly increased from 1.55 percent in 2000 to 1.60 percent in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	80.74%	79.03%	-2.12%
Black	15.11%	15.5%	2.58%
Hispanic	1.67%	2.71%	62.28%
Two or More Races	1.55%	1.6%	3.23%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.8%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.37%	0%