How common is the surname Lipp?

3,096 people in the United States had the surname Lipp in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,724 Americans. It ranked 10,405th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lipp?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lipp identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lipp?

Wilma Lipp, Austrian soprano (1925-2019).

Where is the surname Lipp most common?

Wikidata records people named Lipp in Austria.

Is the surname Lipp getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,189 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,096 in 2010, down 2.9%.

The surname Lipp

An English surname, carried by 3,096 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lipp is more common than 93.6% of them.

Origin

English origin

* As an English surname, from the noun lip. * Also as an English surname, from an obsolete derivative of Old English leof (“beloved”). * As a German surname, from a pet form of the name Philipp.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,096 people named Lipp in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 99,724 Americans. That is down 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,189.

#10,405

rank among US surnames

3,096

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

-2.9%

change since 2000 (was #9,371)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,396	Vasques	3,099	99,627
#10,402	Faller	3,097	99,692
#10,405	Lipp	3,096	99,724
#10,408	Birdsall	3,095	99,756
#10,410	Albaugh	3,094	99,788
#10,411	Collings	3,093	99,821
#10,413	McDavid	3,092	99,853

Who is named Lipp

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

94% of people named Lipp identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lipps

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Wilma Lipp
Austrian soprano (1925-2019)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lipp

Lipp has the Soundex code L100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L100.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Lipp come from?: * As an English surname, from the noun lip. * Also as an English surname, from an obsolete derivative of Old English leof (“beloved”). * As a German surname, from a pet form of the name Philipp.
How common is the surname Lipp?: 3,096 people in the United States had the surname Lipp in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,724 Americans. It ranked 10,405th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lipp?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lipp identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lipp?: Wilma Lipp, Austrian soprano (1925-2019).
Where is the surname Lipp most common?: Wikidata records people named Lipp in Austria.
Is the surname Lipp getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,189 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,096 in 2010, down 2.9%.