# Chipman (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/chipman/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An English surname originating as an occupation for a merchant.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,899 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,866 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 63,022 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.3% (4,744 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

The civil parish is named after lawyer and politician Ward Chipman Jr. (1787 - 1851).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Chipman in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Chipman in the United States.

## People named Chipman

- Daniel Chipman, American politician (1765-1850)

## Similar surnames

Chapman, Coffman.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.