How common is the surname Pipes?

3,136 people in the United States had the surname Pipes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,452 Americans. It ranked 10,280th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Pipes?

Richard Pipes, American historian (1923–2018), followed by Daniel Pipes.

Where is the surname Pipes most common?

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

Is the surname Pipes getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,146 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,136 in 2010, down 0.3%.

The surname Pipes

A patronymic surname, carried by 3,136 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P120

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pipes is more common than 93.7% of them.

Origin

Patronymic from Pipe.

Pipes is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,136 people named Pipes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 98,452 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,146.

#10,280

rank among US surnames

3,136

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

-0.3%

change since 2000 (was #9,479)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,274	Mulhern	3,138	98,389
#10,278	Renz	3,137	98,421
#10,280	Pipes	3,136	98,452
#10,284	Takacs	3,135	98,483
#10,286	Jayne	3,134	98,515
#10,287	Ferrera	3,133	98,546

Who is named Pipes

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

80% of people named Pipes identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pipess

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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)

Notable Pipess come mostly from the United States (4) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Pipes

Phipps

Pipes has the Soundex code P120, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P120.

Questions

Where does the surname Pipes come from?: Patronymic from Pipe.
How common is the surname Pipes?: 3,136 people in the United States had the surname Pipes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,452 Americans. It ranked 10,280th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pipes?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Pipes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Pipes?: Richard Pipes, American historian (1923–2018), followed by Daniel Pipes.
Where is the surname Pipes most common?: Wikidata records people named Pipes in the United States and Austria.
What type of surname is Pipes?: Pipes is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Pipes getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,146 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,136 in 2010, down 0.3%.