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    The surname Tripp

    A surname, carried by 20,434 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex T610

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tripp is more common than 98.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 20,434 people named Tripp in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 15,109 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 19,886.

    #1,753
    rank among US surnames
    20,434
    people in 2010
    6.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.8%
    change since 2000 (was #1,653)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #1,744Castle20,53415,036
    #1,745Valdes20,52715,041
    #1,746McWilliams20,52315,044
    #1,747Leung20,49615,064
    #1,748Holliday20,49115,067
    #1,749Houser20,48415,073
    #1,750Bassett20,48215,074

    Who is named Tripp

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

    83% of people named Tripp identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 11%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Tripps

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Linda Tripp
      American civil servant (1949-2020)
    • June Tripp
      British actress (1901-1985)
    • Frances Elizabeth Tripp
      British author, scientific illustrator, botanist and botanical collector (1832-1890)
    • Art Tripp
      American musician, born 1944

    Notable Tripps come mostly from the United States (2), the United Kingdom (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Tripp

    Tripp has the Soundex code T610, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T610.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Tripp?
    20,434 people in the United States had the surname Tripp in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,109 Americans. It ranked 1,753rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tripp?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Tripp identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Tripp?
    Linda Tripp, American civil servant (1949-2020), followed by June Tripp.
    Where is the surname Tripp most common?
    Wikidata records people named Tripp in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
    Is the surname Tripp getting more or less common?
    More common. 19,886 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 20,434 in 2010, up 2.8%.