The Shoop surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,130 people carried this name — #8,010 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 71,400 people counted. That is up 5% from 3,931 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Shoop surname

As a German surname, Americanized from Schupp.

Also an Americanized spelling of Dutch and North German Schoop, from Middle Dutch schoepe and Middle Low German schōpe (“ladle”) (for which see modern Schöpflöffel).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Shoop» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Shoop in American newspapers,
1903–1913.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Shoop
Evening Star 1903-03-06
Newspaper page from The Lancaster Gazette carrying the name Shoop
The Lancaster Gazette 1908-05-20
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Shoop
Evening Star 1913-12-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 56,723 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Shoop in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1930s.

105 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Shoop. The most, 23, date from the 1880s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 51
Victoria 25
Queensland 15
Tasmania 8
ACT (Canberra) 2
Western Australia 2
South Australia 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Shoop.

Who carried it

People named Shoop,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ron Shoop 1931–2003 · baseball player

Wikidata (CC0) · 3 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Shoop,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States264 records

264 records of the Shoop name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 158
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 74
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 11
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 9
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 9
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Francis W. Shoop

    Born 1919 in Michigan. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Custer; lineman from Wayne County. U.S. Army veteran; died 1995, buried at Oakwood Cemetery, Farmington, Michigan.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Henry G. Shoop

    Born 1930; from Potter County, Texas. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; declared dead 1952 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Peter Shoop

    Arrived at New York in 1854 aboard the Continent from Liverpool, aged 24; laborer.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 264 records for Shoop in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada8 records

8 records of the Shoop name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Daniel Shoop

    Died 1925 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Henry Albert Shoop

    Married 1903 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Elizabeth Shoop

    Married 1810 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 8 records for Shoop in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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