How common is the surname Sipes?

7,034 people in the United States had the surname Sipes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,893 Americans. It ranked 4,995th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sipes?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Sipes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Sipes getting more or less common?

More common. 6,740 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,034 in 2010, up 4.4%.

The surname Sipes

A German surname, carried by 7,034 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S120

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sipes is more common than 96.9% of them.

Origin

German origin

Probably an altered form of German Seip.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,034 people named Sipes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 43,893 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,740.

#4,995

rank among US surnames

7,034

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

+4.4%

change since 2000 (was #4,784)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,987	Roderick	7,039	43,862
#4,989	Hargrave	7,037	43,875
#4,990	Dimas	7,035	43,887
#4,995	Sipes	7,034	43,893
#4,998	Kingston	7,033	43,900
#5,000	Hartwell	7,032	43,906

Who is named Sipes

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

94% of people named Sipes identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sipes

Sipes has the Soundex code S120, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S120.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Sipes come from?: Probably an altered form of German Seip.
How common is the surname Sipes?: 7,034 people in the United States had the surname Sipes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,893 Americans. It ranked 4,995th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sipes?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Sipes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Sipes getting more or less common?: More common. 6,740 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,034 in 2010, up 4.4%.