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    The surname Flippen

    A surname, carried by 2,296 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F415

    Flippen: #13,283 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Flippen #13,283, 2,296 people Flippen: #13,283 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Flippen #13,283, 2,296 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Flippen is more common than 91.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,296 people named Flippen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 134,471 Americans. That is up 36% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,684.

    #13,283
    rank among US surnames
    2,296
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +36.3%
    change since 2000 (was #15,861)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,278Balser2,297134,413
    #13,283Chaput2,296134,471
    #13,291Rolling2,295134,530

    Who is named Flippen

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

    70% of people named Flippen identified as white (not Hispanic), 24% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 70%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 24%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Flippens

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jay C. Flippen
      American actor (1899-1971)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Flippen

    Flippen has the Soundex code F415, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F415.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Flippen?
    2,296 people in the United States had the surname Flippen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,471 Americans. It ranked 13,283rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Flippen?
    In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Flippen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Flippen?
    Jay C. Flippen, American actor (1899-1971).
    Where is the surname Flippen most common?
    Wikidata records people named Flippen in the United States.
    Is the surname Flippen getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,684 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,296 in 2010, up 36%.