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    The surname Tippit

    A surname, carried by 1,550 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T130

    Tippit: #18,007 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Tippit #18,007, 1,550 people Tippit: #18,007 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Tippit #18,007, 1,550 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tippit is more common than 88.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,550 people named Tippit in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 199,191 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,313.

    #18,007
    rank among US surnames
    1,550
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +18.1%
    change since 2000 (was #19,144)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,003Wasielewski1,551199,062
    #18,007Spivak1,550199,191

    Who is named Tippit

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

    85% of people named Tippit identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Tippits

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • J. D. Tippit
      American police officer (1924–1963)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Tippit

    Tippit has the Soundex code T130, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T130.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Tippit?
    1,550 people in the United States had the surname Tippit in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 199,191 Americans. It ranked 18,007th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tippit?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Tippit identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Tippit?
    J. D. Tippit, American police officer (1924–1963).
    Where is the surname Tippit most common?
    Wikidata records people named Tippit in the United States.
    Is the surname Tippit getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,313 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,550 in 2010, up 18%.