# Tipton (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 25,064 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,420 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 12,318 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.2% (24,767 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Tipton 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) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Tipton in the United States.

## People named Tipton

- Lio Tipton, actor and model from the United States
- Scott Tipton, American politician (born 1956)
- Alexis Tipton, American voice actress
- John Tipton, American politician (1786-1839)
- Thomas Tipton, American politician
- Freddie Gibbs, American rapper

## 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.