The Stroup surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,627 people carried this name — #4,650 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 38,600 people counted. That is up 3% from 7,423 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 25 people named Stroup.

Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Moselle.

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

Where they were born

Moselle 15
Bas-Rhin 3
Dordogne 2
Oise 2
Meurthe-et-Moselle 1
Paris 1
Val-de-Marne 1

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

In the first U.S. census, 1790

20 families named Stroup, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 120 people lived in those households, 6 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 2 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 18
New York 2

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. 264 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Stroup in American newspapers,
1898–1923.

Newspaper page from Rock Island Argus carrying the name Stroup
Rock Island Argus 1905-03-06
Newspaper page from Rock Island Argus carrying the name Stroup
Rock Island Argus 1898-08-15
Newspaper page from Twin City Review carrying the name Stroup
Twin City Review 1923-11-02

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 28,385 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Stroup in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1940s.

63 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Stroup. The most, 29, date from the 1900s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Queensland, at 2.2 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 24
Queensland 23
Victoria 12
South Australia 2
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Stroup,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Walter M. Stroup d. 1957 · postcard publisher
  • Freeman P. Stroup 1870–1952 · physician
  • Thomas Bradley Stroup 1903–1992 · scholar of English
  • Francis Stroup 1909–
  • Jon Stroup 1917– · editor
  • Richard L. Stroup 1943–2021 · environmentalist

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

In the public record

People named Stroup,
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 States475 records

475 records of the Stroup name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 307
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 110
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 20
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 11
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 10
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 10
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 3
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record George K. Stroup

    Born 1918 in Pennsylvania. Enlisted 1941 at Pittsburgh; clerk from Allegheny County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

    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 A. Stroup

    Born 1930; from Gaston County, North Carolina. U.S. Army, field wireman; killed in action 1951 in South 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 Josef Stroup

    Arrived at New York in 1897 aboard the Westernland from Antwerp, aged 43; laborer. From Russia.

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

Showing 3 of 475 records for Stroup in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL). 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).

Netherlands20 records

20 records of the Stroup name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 13
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 4
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 3
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Leonardus Stroup

    Died 1832 in Putte, aged 56; labourer.

    Open Archives, West Brabants Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Marianna Stroup

    Buried in 1795 in Breda.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Breda (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Johannes Stroup

    In the population register of Putte; merchant, born 1845.

    Open Archives, West Brabants Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 20 records for Stroup in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

France11 records

11 records of the Stroup 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 Raymond Stroup

    Born 1902 in Uckange (Moselle); died 1992 in Versailles (Yvelines).

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

    Born 1922 in Manderen; died 2001 in Metz (Moselle).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Hubert Marcel Jean Stroup

    Born 1911 in Nogent-sur-Oise (Oise); died 1979 in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 11 records for Stroup 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).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Stroup name in Canada City of Calgary cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Shirlee Jeane Stroup

    Buried in 1994 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 65.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record William Charles Stroup

    Buried in 1985 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 23.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

Germany1 record

1 record of the Stroup name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Firmin Stroup

    From Ückingen, Diedenhofen. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 18 September 1915 (Infantry Regiment No. 95).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

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