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The surname Zipp

A surname, carried by 1,053 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex Z100

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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). Zipp is more common than 85.2% of them.

Origin

From the German surname, variant of Zipf.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,053 people named Zipp in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 293,206 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,053.

#23,957
rank among US surnames
1,053
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
0%
change since 2000 (was #22,753)

Who is named Zipp

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

95% of people named Zipp identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
  • Two or more races 1.2%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Zipp

Zipp has the Soundex code Z100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Z100.

Questions

Where does the surname Zipp come from?
From the German surname, variant of Zipf.
How common is the surname Zipp?
1,053 people in the United States had the surname Zipp in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 293,206 Americans. It ranked 23,957th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Zipp?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Zipp identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Zipp getting more or less common?
About as common. 1,053 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,053 in 2010, a change of 0.0%.