The Tharp surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,757 people carried this name — #2,619 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 21,500 people counted. That is up 1% from 13,578 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Tharp surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘at the thorp’.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 743 · public domain.

In print

Tharp in American newspapers,
1907–1908.

Newspaper page from The Newark Journal carrying the name Tharp
The Newark Journal 1907-03-29
Newspaper page from The Newark Journal carrying the name Tharp
The Newark Journal 1907-02-22
Newspaper page from The Newark Journal carrying the name Tharp
The Newark Journal 1908-03-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 48,263 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Tharp in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1950s.

208 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Tharp. The most, 44, date from the 1920s. Victoria 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 Tasmania, at 1.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 60
New South Wales 57
Queensland 27
South Australia 25
Tasmania 24
Western Australia 12

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

Who carried it

People named Tharp,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Gerard Tharp d. 1934
  • John Tharp 1736–1804 · farmer
  • John Tharp 1736–1804 · farmer
  • John Tharp 1744–1804 · farmer
  • John Tharp 1744–1804 · farmer
  • Joseph Tharp 1767–1797

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

In the public record

People named Tharp,
in the records of 4 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 States821 records

821 records of the Tharp name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 535
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 203
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 36
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 19
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 11
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 8
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 7
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Harold Allen Tharp

    Born 1943; from Alamogordo, New Mexico. U.S. Army, utility helicopter repairer; killed in action 1968 in Binh Duong, South Vietnam. Buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Robert L. Tharp

    Born 1918 in Missouri. Enlisted 1941 at Los Angeles, California; stenographer. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1990, buried at Rock Island National Cemetery, Illinois.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jean Tharp

    Arrived at New York in 1846 aboard the Francois I from Havre, aged 11; farmer. From Germany.

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

Showing 3 of 821 records for Tharp 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Tharp name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Ernest Stanley Tharp

    Buried in 1960 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. 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 Charles Orlando Tharp

    Died in service in 1918.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Tertia Tharp

    Buried in 1960 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    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. · 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); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Tharp name in Australia Queensland State Archives indexes
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Percy Tharp

    Arrived in Queensland in 1892 aboard the Jelunga, aged 19.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Tharp name in the Netherlands Dutch church registers before 1811
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Jacobus Tharp

    Married in 1710 in Heusden.

    Open Archives, Streekarchief Langstraat Heusden Altena (CC BY 4.0)

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).

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