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    The surname Flippin

    A surname, carried by 1,702 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F415

    Flippin: #16,781 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Flippin #16,781, 1,702 people Flippin: #16,781 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Flippin #16,781, 1,702 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Flippin is more common than 89.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,702 people named Flippin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 181,402 Americans. That is down 26% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,290.

    #16,781
    rank among US surnames
    1,702
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    -25.7%
    change since 2000 (was #12,430)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,775Coatney1,703181,295
    #16,781Dechant1,702181,402
    #16,789Piggott1,701181,508

    Who is named Flippin

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

    79% of people named Flippin identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 79%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 17%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Flippin

    Flippin 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 Flippin?
    1,702 people in the United States had the surname Flippin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 181,402 Americans. It ranked 16,781st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Flippin?
    In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Flippin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Flippin getting more or less common?
    Less common. 2,290 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,702 in 2010, down 26%.