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    The surname Lipscomb

    A surname, carried by 12,948 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L125

    Lipscomb: #2,788 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Lipscomb #2,788, 12,948 people Lipscomb: #2,788 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lipscomb #2,788, 12,948 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lipscomb is more common than 98.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 12,948 people named Lipscomb in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,845 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,775.

    #2,788
    rank among US surnames
    12,948
    people in 2010
    4.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.4%
    change since 2000 (was #2,597)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,779Su12,97323,799
    #2,780Gann12,97223,801
    #2,781Lytle12,97023,805
    #2,782Nobles12,96523,814
    #2,783Bolin12,96223,819
    #2,784Fuchs12,95823,827
    #2,785Radford12,95623,830

    Who is named Lipscomb

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

    56% of people named Lipscomb identified as white (not Hispanic), 38% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 56%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 38%
    • Two or more races 2.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Lipscombs

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Dennis Lipscomb
      American actor (1942-2014)
    • Jessie Lipscomb
      British artist (1861–1952)
    • Dickey Lee
      American pop/country singer and songwriter, born 1936

    Notable Lipscombs come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lipscomb

    Lipscomb has the Soundex code L125, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L125.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Lipscomb?
    12,948 people in the United States had the surname Lipscomb in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,845 Americans. It ranked 2,788th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lipscomb?
    In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Lipscomb identified as white (not Hispanic), and 38% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Lipscomb?
    Dennis Lipscomb, American actor (1942-2014), followed by Jessie Lipscomb.
    Where is the surname Lipscomb most common?
    Wikidata records people named Lipscomb in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Lipscomb getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,775 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,948 in 2010, up 1.4%.