How common is the surname Sipe?

5,974 people in the United States had the surname Sipe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 51,682 Americans. It ranked 5,791st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Sipe getting more or less common?

Less common. 6,034 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,974 in 2010, down 1.0%.

The surname Sipe

A surname, carried by 5,974 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). Sipe is more common than 96.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,974 people named Sipe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 51,682 Americans. That is down 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,034.

#5,791

rank among US surnames

5,974

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

-1%

change since 2000 (was #5,315)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,787	Beaman	5,980	51,630
#5,788	Hossain	5,978	51,647
#5,790	Hubbell	5,977	51,656
#5,791	Izquierdo	5,974	51,682

Who is named Sipe

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

94% of people named Sipe identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as two or more races and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Two or more races 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sipe

Sipe 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 Sipe?: 5,974 people in the United States had the surname Sipe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 51,682 Americans. It ranked 5,791st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sipe?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Sipe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as two or more races.
Is the surname Sipe getting more or less common?: Less common. 6,034 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,974 in 2010, down 1.0%.