How common is the surname Shipp?

11,217 people in the United States had the surname Shipp in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,525 Americans. It ranked 3,219th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Shipp?

Alexandra Shipp, American actress and singer, followed by John Wesley Shipp.

Where is the surname Shipp most common?

Wikidata records people named Shipp in the United States.

How do you pronounce Shipp?

Shipp is /ʃɪp/, one syllable.

Is the surname Shipp getting more or less common?

Less common. 11,231 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,217 in 2010, down 0.1%.

The surname Shipp

An occupational surname, carried by 11,217 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ʃɪp/ 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). Shipp is more common than 98% of them.

Origin

Occupational surname, from ship.

Shipp 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 11,217 people named Shipp in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,525 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 11,231.

#3,219

rank among US surnames

11,217

people in 2010

3.8

per 100,000 Americans

-0.1%

change since 2000 (was #2,944)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,210	Gaspar	11,251	27,442
#3,211	Paulsen	11,243	27,461
#3,212	Harwood	11,238	27,473
#3,214	Victor	11,234	27,483
#3,215	Stanfield	11,229	27,495
#3,217	Ruvalcaba	11,220	27,517
#3,218	Newsom	11,218	27,522

Who is named Shipp

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

70% of people named Shipp identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 70%
Black (not Hispanic) 25%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Shipps

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alexandra Shipp
American actress and singer, born 1991
John Wesley Shipp
American actor, born 1955
Jerry Shipp
American basketball player (1935–2021)
Demetrius Shipp Jr.
American actor, born 1988
Josh Shipp
American basketball player (born 1986)
Matthew Shipp
American pianist, composer, and bandleader, born 1960
Harry Shipp
American soccer player, born 1991

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Shipp

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

Questions

Where does the surname Shipp come from?: Occupational surname, from ship.
How common is the surname Shipp?: 11,217 people in the United States had the surname Shipp in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,525 Americans. It ranked 3,219th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Shipp?: In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Shipp identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Shipp?: Alexandra Shipp, American actress and singer, followed by John Wesley Shipp.
Where is the surname Shipp most common?: Wikidata records people named Shipp in the United States.
How do you pronounce Shipp?: Shipp is /ʃɪp/, one syllable.
What type of surname is Shipp?: Shipp is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Shipp getting more or less common?: Less common. 11,231 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,217 in 2010, down 0.1%.