# Shipp (surname)

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

A surname transferred from the common noun referring to someone who worked on a ship

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 11,217 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,219 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 27,525 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.1% (11,231 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ʃɪp/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Occupational surname, from ship.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Shipp 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) | 70% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 25% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Shipp in the United States.

## People named Shipp

- Alexandra Shipp, American actress and singer
- John Wesley Shipp, American actor
- Jerry Shipp, American basketball player (1935–2021)
- Demetrius Shipp Jr., American actor
- Josh Shipp, American basketball player (born 1986)
- Matthew Shipp, American pianist, composer, and bandleader
- Harry Shipp, American soccer player

## Similar surnames

Shipe, Shippy, Shupp, Shippee, Shippey, Schupp, Schopp, Sipp, Sapp, Schwab, Sabo, Swope.

## 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.