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    The surname Ripp

    An English surname, carried by 1,779 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R100

    Ripp: #16,228 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ripp #16,228, 1,779 people Ripp: #16,228 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ripp #16,228, 1,779 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ripp is more common than 90% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    * As a German and Dutch surname, shortened from the personal name Rippert, composed of the old Germanic elements *rīkī (“powerful”) + *berht (“bright, famous”). * As an English surname, from Middle English rippe (“bank of a river”), from Old English ripp, probably from or related to Proto-West Germanic *ribi (“rib, ridge, reef”).

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,779 people named Ripp in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 173,550 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,615.

    #16,228
    rank among US surnames
    1,779
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.2%
    change since 2000 (was #16,411)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,219Stennett1,780173,453
    #16,228Thiede1,779173,550

    Who is named Ripp

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

    96% of people named Ripp identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    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 Ripp

    Ripp has the Soundex code R100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R100.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ripp come from?
    * As a German and Dutch surname, shortened from the personal name Rippert, composed of the old Germanic elements *rīkī (“powerful”) + *berht (“bright, famous”). * As an English surname, from Middle English rippe (“bank of a river”), from Old English ripp, probably from or related to Proto-West…
    How common is the surname Ripp?
    1,779 people in the United States had the surname Ripp in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 173,550 Americans. It ranked 16,228th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ripp?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Ripp identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Ripp getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,615 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,779 in 2010, up 10%.