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    The surname Lipson

    A surname, carried by 2,036 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L125

    Lipson: #14,617 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lipson #14,617, 2,036 people Lipson: #14,617 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lipson #14,617, 2,036 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lipson is more common than 91% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,036 people named Lipson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 151,643 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,995.

    #14,617
    rank among US surnames
    2,036
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.1%
    change since 2000 (was #13,885)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,612Wimbush2,037151,569
    #14,617Maza2,036151,643
    #14,624McQuillen2,035151,718

    Who is named Lipson

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

    88% of people named Lipson identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lipson

    Lipson 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 Lipson?
    2,036 people in the United States had the surname Lipson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 151,643 Americans. It ranked 14,617th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lipson?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Lipson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Lipson getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,995 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,036 in 2010, up 2.1%.