The surname Ip
A Chinese surname, carried by 2,057 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex I100
Origin
Chinese origin
Borrowed from Cantonese 葉／叶 (jip⁶).
One of 193 Chinese surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,057 people named Ip in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 150,095 Americans. That is up 25% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,642.
#14,505
rank among US surnames
2,057
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+25.3%
change since 2000 (was #16,184)
Who is named Ip
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Ip identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.4% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 95%
- White (not Hispanic) 2.4%
- Two or more races 2.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Other Chinese surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Ip come from?
- Borrowed from Cantonese 葉／叶 (jip⁶).
- How common is the surname Ip?
- 2,057 people in the United States had the surname Ip in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 150,095 Americans. It ranked 14,505th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Ip?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ip identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.4% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Ip getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,642 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,057 in 2010, up 25%.