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    The surname Shipman

    An occupational surname, carried by 15,581 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S155

    Shipman: #2,339 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Shipman #2,339, 15,581 people Shipman: #2,339 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Shipman #2,339, 15,581 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shipman is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    Either from sheep + man, or from shipman.

    Shipman is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 15,581 people named Shipman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 19,816 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 14,917.

    #2,339
    rank among US surnames
    15,581
    people in 2010
    5.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.5%
    change since 2000 (was #2,235)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,330Skelton15,62419,761
    #2,331Cutler15,62119,765
    #2,332Vergara15,61819,769
    #2,333McGregor15,61419,774
    #2,335Goddard15,59919,793
    #2,336Lombardo15,59819,794
    #2,337Brunner15,59319,800

    Who is named Shipman

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

    80% of people named Shipman identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 80%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 15%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Shipmans

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Madisyn Shipman
      American actress, born 2002
    • Nell Shipman
      Actress, screenwriter, producer, animal trainer (1892–1970)
    • Jay Lethal
      American professional wrestler, born 1985

    Notable Shipmans come mostly from the United States (2) and Canada (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Shipman

    Shipman has the Soundex code S155, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S155.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Shipman come from?
    Either from sheep + man, or from shipman.
    How common is the surname Shipman?
    15,581 people in the United States had the surname Shipman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,816 Americans. It ranked 2,339th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shipman?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Shipman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Shipman?
    Madisyn Shipman, American actress, followed by Nell Shipman.
    Where is the surname Shipman most common?
    Wikidata records people named Shipman in the United States and Canada.
    What type of surname is Shipman?
    Shipman is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Shipman getting more or less common?
    More common. 14,917 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,581 in 2010, up 4.5%.