How common is the surname Lippman?

1,782 people in the United States had the surname Lippman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 173,258 Americans. It ranked 16,203rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lippman?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lippman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lippman?

Laura Lippman, American detective fiction writer.

Where is the surname Lippman most common?

Wikidata records people named Lippman in the United States.

Is the surname Lippman getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,881 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,782 in 2010, down 5.3%.

The surname Lippman

A German surname, carried by 1,782 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L155

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lippman is more common than 90% of them.

Origin

German origin

Variant of Lippmann.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,782 people named Lippman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 173,258 Americans. That is down 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,881.

#16,203

rank among US surnames

1,782

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-5.3%

change since 2000 (was #14,530)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,195	Pincus	1,783	173,161
#16,203	Hallum	1,782	173,258

Who is named Lippman

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

94% of people named Lippman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
Two or more races 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lippmans

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Laura Lippman
American detective fiction writer, born 1959

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lippman

Lippman has the Soundex code L155, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L155.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Lippman come from?: Variant of Lippmann.
How common is the surname Lippman?: 1,782 people in the United States had the surname Lippman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 173,258 Americans. It ranked 16,203rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lippman?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lippman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lippman?: Laura Lippman, American detective fiction writer.
Where is the surname Lippman most common?: Wikidata records people named Lippman in the United States.
Is the surname Lippman getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,881 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,782 in 2010, down 5.3%.