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    The surname Lipka

    A surname, carried by 1,665 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L120

    Lipka: #17,056 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lipka #17,056, 1,665 people Lipka: #17,056 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lipka #17,056, 1,665 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lipka is more common than 89.5% of them.

    Origin

    From Polish Lipka, Czech Lipka, Slovak Lipka.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,665 people named Lipka in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 185,433 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,661.

    #17,056
    rank among US surnames
    1,665
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.2%
    change since 2000 (was #16,035)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,047Croll1,666185,321
    #17,056Stem1,665185,433
    #17,063Lasko1,664185,544

    Who is named Lipka

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

    97% of people named Lipka identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Lipka

    Lipka has the Soundex code L120, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L120.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lipka come from?
    From Polish Lipka, Czech Lipka, Slovak Lipka.
    How common is the surname Lipka?
    1,665 people in the United States had the surname Lipka in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 185,433 Americans. It ranked 17,056th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lipka?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Lipka identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Lipka getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,661 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,665 in 2010, up 0.2%.