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Family name Stoop (Stoop , Stoep , Staup ) , worldwide, is quite a common cognomen. The last name Stoop is characteristic of Western Europe, particularly Netherlands, where it is quite a common surname, Belgium, and Switzerland. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in Netherlands, Belgium, and South Africa. Very seldom, Stoop is the forename as well as the last name.