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    The surname Lipsey

    A surname, carried by 3,111 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L120

    Lipsey: #10,358 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lipsey #10,358, 3,111 people Lipsey: #10,358 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lipsey #10,358, 3,111 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lipsey is more common than 93.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,111 people named Lipsey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 99,243 Americans. That is up 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,930.

    #10,358
    rank among US surnames
    3,111
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.2%
    change since 2000 (was #10,121)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,352Sias3,11299,211
    #10,358Peirce3,11199,243
    #10,365Bollman3,11099,275

    Who is named Lipsey

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

    55% of people named Lipsey identified as white (not Hispanic), 39% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 55%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 39%
    • Two or more races 2.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lipsey

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Lipsey?
    3,111 people in the United States had the surname Lipsey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,243 Americans. It ranked 10,358th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lipsey?
    In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Lipsey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 39% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Lipsey getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,930 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,111 in 2010, up 6.2%.