The Shoup surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,164 people carried this name — #6,560 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 57,100 people counted. That is down 4% from 5,374 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

25 families named Shoup, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 157 people lived in those households, 6.3 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 5 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Pennsylvania 13
Maryland 6
North Carolina 4
New York 1
South Carolina 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 261 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Shoup in American newspapers,
1895–1896.

Newspaper page from The Anaconda Standard carrying the name Shoup
The Anaconda Standard 1896-04-21
Newspaper page from The Anaconda Standard carrying the name Shoup
The Anaconda Standard 1895-03-08

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Shoup in Australian newspapers,
1900s–1950s.

37 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Shoup. The most, 9, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

Queensland 16
New South Wales 11
Western Australia 4
Victoria 3
ACT (Canberra) 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 Shoup.

Who carried it

People named Shoup,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Francis A. Shoup
    Francis A. Shoup 1834–1896 · writer
  • George L. Shoup
    George L. Shoup 1836–1904 · politician
  • Oliver Henry Shoup
    Oliver Henry Shoup 1869–1940 · politician
  • Richard G. Shoup
    Richard G. Shoup 1923–1995 · politician
  • Paul Shoup 1874–1946 · businessperson
  • Carl Shoup 1902–2000 · economist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Shoup,
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 States306 records

306 records of the Shoup name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 192
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 66
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 17
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 15
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 14
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Delmar M. Shoup

    Born 1914 in Michigan. Enlisted 1941 at Detroit; auto mechanic from Genesee County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Montrose Twp Cemetery, 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 Roy Neal Shoup

    Born 1948; from Cincinnati, Ohio. U.S. Marine Corps, assaultman; died of wounds 1967 in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Roy M. Shoup

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1887, died 1963; buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Colorado.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 306 records for Shoup in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada5 records

5 records of the Shoup name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 2
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Christian Shoup

    Buried in 1823 at Willoughby Church Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Ontario.

    City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Herman Horace Willis Shoup

    Died 1978; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Lambert Laverne Shoup

    Died in service in 1945.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 5 records for Shoup in Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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