The Stoops surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,010 people carried this name — #8,266 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 73,500 people counted. That is up 4% from 3,869 in 2000.

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In Belgium’s population register

At least 300 people named Stoops live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Antwerp 262
East Flanders 24
West Flanders 14

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 44 people named Stoops.

1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Nord.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 1
Nord 26
Pas-de-Calais 7
Paris 5
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 2
Creuse 1
Somme 1
Seine-Saint-Denis 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Stoops in American newspapers,
1905–1919.

Newspaper page from The Corvallis Times carrying the name Stoops
The Corvallis Times 1905-10-21
Newspaper page from The Chattanooga News carrying the name Stoops
The Chattanooga News 1919-08-25
Newspaper page from Evening Times-republican carrying the name Stoops
Evening Times-republican 1916-03-30

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

In print

Stoops in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1980s.

310 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Stoops. The most, 75, date from the 1930s. 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 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 156
Victoria 83
Queensland 43
South Australia 10
Western Australia 8
Tasmania 6
ACT (Canberra) 3

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

Who carried it

People named Stoops,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John Dashiell Stoops 1873–1973 · university teacher
  • Herbert Morton Stoops 1887–1948 · illustrator
  • William Stoops 1917– · civil servant
  • Georges Stoops 1937–2022 · geologist

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Stoops,
in the records of 5 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 States231 records

231 records of the Stoops name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 128
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 56
  • Other U.S. records 47
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Oliver F. Stoops

    Born 1898 in Missouri. Enlisted 1942 at Tacoma, Washington; jeweler from Benton County, Washington. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1967, buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon.

    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 Jonathan Lynn Stoops

    Born 1948; from Union City, Indiana. U.S. Marine Corps, mortarman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

    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 Mary Stoops

    Arrived at New York in 1851 aboard the Tempest from Liverpool, aged 19; mantua maker. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain)

Showing 3 of 231 records for Stoops 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, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · 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).

Netherlands2,939 records

2,939 records of the Stoops name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 1,205
  • Dutch population registers 887
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 847
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Lodewijk Albertus Stoops

    Married in 1919 in 's-Gravenhage; labourer. Died 1971 in 's-Gravenhage.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Adriana Stoops

    Married in 1852 in Arnhem; seamstress. Died 1872 in Arnhem, aged 70.

    Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Lambertus Stoops

    Married in 1865 in 's-Gravenhage; attendant. Died 1918 in Delft.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Archief Delft (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 2,939 records for Stoops in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Belgium72 records

72 records of the Stoops name in Belgium
  • Belgian civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 48
  • Belgian population registers 24
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Petrus Franciscus Stoops

    Born 1834 in Aalst. Married in 1862 in Helmond.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Aalst (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Angela Stoops

    Died 1909 in Gent.

    Open Archives, Archief Gent (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Joannes Baptista Stoops

    Married in 1832 in Aalst; "katoendrukkersgast", born 1805 in Merksem (Antwerpen).

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Aalst (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 72 records for Stoops in Belgium.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Australia23 records

23 records of the Stoops name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 11
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 6
  • Other Australian records 6
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record James Stoops

    Arrived in Queensland in 1852 aboard the Argyle, aged 1.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record John Stoops

    Former civil servant of Middle Park, Victoria; died 1911.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record J. Stoops

    Australian Infantry. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 23 records for Stoops in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

France19 records

19 records of the Stoops name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Georgina Sophie Amandine Stoops

    Born 1897 in Lille; died 1976 in Frelinghien (Nord).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Robert Marcel Stoops

    Born 1910 in Roubaix (Nord); died 1996 in Menton (Alpes-Maritimes).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jacqueline Rosine Stoops

    Born 1923 in Roubaix; died 2001 in Hem (Nord).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 19 records for Stoops in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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