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The surname Philipp

A surname, carried by 1,760 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P410 Also a first name

Philipp: #16,362 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Philipp #16,362, 1,760 people Philipp: #16,362 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Philipp #16,362, 1,760 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Philipp is more common than 89.9% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,760 people named Philipp in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 175,424 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,741.

#16,362
rank among US surnames
1,760
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+1.1%
change since 2000 (was #15,446)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#16,359Hooley1,761175,324
#16,362Bachand1,760175,424
#16,370Yutzy1,759175,523

Who is named Philipp

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

93% of people named Philipp identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 93%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
  • Two or more races 1.8%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Philipp

Philipp has the Soundex code P410, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P410.

Questions

How common is the surname Philipp?
1,760 people in the United States had the surname Philipp in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 175,424 Americans. It ranked 16,362nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Philipp?
In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Philipp identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Philipp getting more or less common?
More common. 1,741 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,760 in 2010, up 1.1%.
Is Philipp also a first name?
Yes. Philipp is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.