The Shupe surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,861 people carried this name — #5,888 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 50,300 people counted. That is up 4% from 5,647 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Shupe surname

From the German surname, Americanized from Schupp.

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

In print

Shupe in American newspapers,
1895–1929.

Newspaper page from Cleveland Plain Dealer carrying the name Shupe
Cleveland Plain Dealer 1895-01-13
Newspaper page from The Washington Daily News carrying the name Shupe
The Washington Daily News 1929-07-31
Newspaper page from Cleveland Plain Dealer carrying the name Shupe
Cleveland Plain Dealer 1895-01-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,062 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Shupe,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Vince Shupe 1921–1962 · baseball player
  • Paul Shupe 1932–2007 · American football coach
  • Anson D. Shupe 1948–2015 · sociologist
  • Elisa Rae Shupe 1963–2025 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Shupe,
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 States295 records

295 records of the Shupe name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 188
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 57
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 32
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 9
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 7
  • 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 James M. Shupe

    Born 1921 in West Virginia. Enlisted 1942 at Abingdon, Virginia; gardener. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1991, buried at Zion Methodist Cemetery, Glade Spring, Virginia.

    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 Glen Lamar Shupe

    Born 1932; from Weber County, Utah. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; declared dead 1950 in South Korea.

    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 Nelson W. Shupe

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1889, died 1980; buried at Cheltenham Veterans Cemetery, Maryland.

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

Showing 3 of 295 records for Shupe 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) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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).

Canada220 records

220 records of the Shupe name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 214
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 5
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record William Lorenzo Shupe

    Buried in 1995 at Mount Hermon Cemetery, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, aged 59.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record George Shupe

    Died 1872 in Charleston, Queens, Nova Scotia.

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

    Died in service in 1918.

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

Showing 3 of 220 records for Shupe in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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