# Tipper (surname)

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

A surname from Middle English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 460 |
| US rank (2010) | 46,314 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 671,186 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.7% (473 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Probably an occupational surname for a maker of arrowheads, from an agent derivative of Middle English tippe (“head, tip”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Tipper 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) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Tipper in the United Kingdom.

## People named Tipper

- Dominique Tipper, British actress

## Similar surnames

Tupper, Tepper, Topper, Tapper, Tovar, Tabor, Taber, Tobar, Tavera, Tauber, Tober, Tabora.

## 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.