How common is the surname Chipman?

4,899 people in the United States had the surname Chipman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,022 Americans. It ranked 6,866th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Chipman?

Daniel Chipman, American politician (1765-1850).

Where is the surname Chipman most common?

Wikidata records people named Chipman in the United States.

Is the surname Chipman getting more or less common?

More common. 4,744 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,899 in 2010, up 3.3%.

The surname Chipman

An occupational surname, carried by 4,899 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C155

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chipman is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

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

Chipman is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,899 people named Chipman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 63,022 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,744.

#6,866

rank among US surnames

4,899

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+3.3%

change since 2000 (was #6,588)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,863	Wight	4,904	62,958
#6,864	Scharf	4,901	62,996
#6,865	Therrien	4,900	63,009
#6,866	Mingo	4,899	63,022

Who is named Chipman

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Chipman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Chipmans

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Daniel Chipman
American politician (1765-1850)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Chipman

Chapman

Chipman has the Soundex code C155, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C155.

Questions

Where does the surname Chipman come from?: The civil parish is named after lawyer and politician Ward Chipman Jr. (1787 - 1851).
How common is the surname Chipman?: 4,899 people in the United States had the surname Chipman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,022 Americans. It ranked 6,866th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Chipman?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Chipman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Chipman?: Daniel Chipman, American politician (1765-1850).
Where is the surname Chipman most common?: Wikidata records people named Chipman in the United States.
What type of surname is Chipman?: Chipman is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Chipman getting more or less common?: More common. 4,744 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,899 in 2010, up 3.3%.