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The surname Chipps

A surname, carried by 1,442 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C120

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chipps is more common than 88.3% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,442 people named Chipps in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 214,109 Americans. That is up 7.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,345.

#18,928
rank among US surnames
1,442
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+7.2%
change since 2000 (was #18,822)

Who is named Chipps

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

90% of people named Chipps identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

  • White (not Hispanic) 90%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 3.0%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Chipps

Chipps has the Soundex code C120, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C120.

Questions

How common is the surname Chipps?
1,442 people in the United States had the surname Chipps in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 214,109 Americans. It ranked 18,928th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Chipps?
In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Chipps identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Is the surname Chipps getting more or less common?
More common. 1,345 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,442 in 2010, up 7.2%.