How common is the surname Shipe?

2,573 people in the United States had the surname Shipe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 119,994 Americans. It ranked 12,115th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Shipe getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,618 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,573 in 2010, down 1.7%.

The surname Shipe

A surname, carried by 2,573 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shipe is more common than 92.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,573 people named Shipe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 119,994 Americans. That is down 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,618.

#12,115

rank among US surnames

2,573

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-1.7%

change since 2000 (was #11,121)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,108	Maddock	2,574	119,948
#12,115	Shipe	2,573	119,994
#12,121	Topp	2,572	120,041
#12,124	Naber	2,571	120,088

Who is named Shipe

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

94% of people named Shipe identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Shipe

Shipe has the Soundex code S100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S100.

Questions

How common is the surname Shipe?: 2,573 people in the United States had the surname Shipe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 119,994 Americans. It ranked 12,115th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Shipe?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Shipe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Shipe getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,618 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,573 in 2010, down 1.7%.