Wauchope
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Locational from Dumfriesshire, ‘den of strangers’, from Old English/Scots walc ‘foreigner, stranger’ + hop ‘enclosed valley’
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/waʊkoʊp/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Wauchope is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- USUnited States
- AUAustralia
- GBUnited Kingdom
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Locational from Dumfriesshire, ‘den of strangers’, from Old English/Scots walc ‘foreigner, stranger’ + hop ‘enclosed valley’.
Sources 1
- Scottish Surnames
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Wauchope is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
A location name from Dumfriesshire, ‘den of strangers’ from Old English/Scots walc, ‘foreigner’, ‘stranger’, and hop, ‘enclosed valley’. Ada de Waleuhope is recorded at Melrose around the turn of the 12th century. Alan de Waluchop owned land in Aberdeenshire, 1247. Wauchopes were also well established in Midlothian by the 15th century.
as a nameScottish Surnames
In English, town, Australia
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In Irish, Bibl
as a nameThe Surnames of Ireland
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Robert Wauchopeb. 1500GBIrish archbishop
- Robert Wauchopeb. 1788British Royal Navy admiral
- Hersey Elliotb. 1817not in their usual name(1817-1893); wife of Sir George Elliot
- Andrew Gilbert Wauchopeb. 1846GBBritish general (1846–1899)
- Patrick Wauchopeb. 1863Scottish rugby union player (1863-1939)
- Robert Wauchopeb. 1909USAmerican archaeologist (1909-1979)
- William Wauchope(d 1825) Lieutenant Colonel ADC to Governor of Ceylon
- Sandra WauchopeAUAustralian politician
- Henry WauchopeBritish Member of Parliament (died 1768)
- Charles Wauchope(died 1969)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 8 sources across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 264 | #78,145 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 240 | #79,338 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 194 | #88,825 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 107 | #31,766 |
| GB United Kingdom | Scottish Surnames (Ross, 1994) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Wauchope mean, and where does it come from?
- Locational from Dumfriesshire, ‘den of strangers’, from Old English/Scots walc ‘foreigner, stranger’ + hop ‘enclosed valley’. Recorded by Scottish Surnames.
- How do you pronounce Wauchope?
- A machine transcription gives /waʊkoʊp/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Wauchope have the most bearers?
- Wauchope is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Wauchope”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.