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    The surname Tipper

    An English occupational surname, carried by 460 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T160

    Tipper: #46,314 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Tipper #46,314, 460 people Tipper: #46,314 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Tipper #46,314, 460 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tipper is more common than 71.5% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    Tipper is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 460 people named Tipper in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 671,186 Americans. That is down 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 473.

    #46,314
    rank among US surnames
    460
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -2.7%
    change since 2000 (was #43,058)

    Who is named Tipper

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

    89% of people named Tipper identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.2%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Tippers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Dominique Tipper
      British actress, born 1985

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Tipper

    Tipper has the Soundex code T160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T160.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Tipper come from?
    Probably an occupational surname for a maker of arrowheads, from an agent derivative of Middle English tippe (“head, tip”).
    How common is the surname Tipper?
    460 people in the United States had the surname Tipper in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 671,186 Americans. It ranked 46,314th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tipper?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Tipper identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Tipper?
    Dominique Tipper, British actress.
    Where is the surname Tipper most common?
    Wikidata records people named Tipper in the United Kingdom.
    What type of surname is Tipper?
    Tipper is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Tipper getting more or less common?
    Less common. 473 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 460 in 2010, down 2.7%.