# Pipes (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/pipes/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,136 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,280 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 98,452 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.3% (3,146 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Patronymic from Pipe.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pipes in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 80% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pipes in the United States and Austria.

## People named Pipes

- Richard Pipes, American historian (1923–2018)
- Daniel Pipes, American historian, writer, journalist and political scientist (born 1949)
- Leah Pipes, American actress (born 1988)
- Felix Pipes, Austrian tennis player (1887–1983)
- Douglas Pipes, American composer (born 1962)

## Similar surnames

Phipps, Pappas, Popoca, Papke, Popescu, Popejoy, Papas.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.