Lip Surname

134,749th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,340 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Lip Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lip Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia6451:45,7273,657
Poland6441:59,0209,293
Netherlands3401:49,6688,498
Indonesia3221:410,71234,667
United States2061:1,759,509115,901
Papua New Guinea2031:40,1664,870
Iran1801:426,57026,777
Singapore1371:40,2021,485
Hong Kong1121:65,4951,203
Canada1051:350,91031,754
Vietnam621:1,494,2912,090
India601:12,784,423224,716
England381:1,466,26563,675
Philippines321:3,163,694143,904
Australia261:1,038,29659,744
Peru251:1,271,36521,041
Denmark241:235,19618,480
Thailand191:3,717,808320,775
Germany171:4,735,615183,652
Brazil171:12,592,608246,358
China121:113,943,4645,994
France111:6,038,429280,838
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Croatia81:528,57638,675
Finland71:785,24338,644
Belgium61:1,916,107103,447
Israel61:1,426,27275,466
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
South Sudan41:2,853,7691,758
Brunei41:104,6832,048
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Montenegro21:319,7827,691
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States431:1,167,87666,381

Lip (7,901) may also be a first name.

Lip Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lip Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Lip (Hindi: लीप, Marathi: लीप, Oriya: ଲିପ୍) is found most frequently in Malaysia. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lip? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 134,749th most commonly used surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,181,900 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 48 percent of Lip live; 37 percent live in Southeast Asia and 29 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Lip is also the 71,671st most widespread first name worldwide, borne by 7,901 people.

The surname Lip is most frequently used in Malaysia, where it is carried by 645 people, or 1 in 45,727. In Malaysia it is most numerous in: Selangor, where 26 percent reside, Johor, where 24 percent reside and Sabah, where 11 percent reside. Beside Malaysia this surname is found in 63 countries. It is also found in Poland, where 19 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 10 percent reside.

Lip Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Lip has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Lip last name rose 479 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 633 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lip Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Lip surname is chiefly Orthodox (75%) in Russia and Orthodox (50%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Lip surname are 0.34% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 53.57% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Lip earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 261.3% more than the national average, earning S/. 70,038 per year; in United States they earn 9.29% more than the national average, earning $47,156 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.41% more than the national average, earning $50,385 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lipp8616,353/
Lipe8610,627/
Liep869,669/
Lips867,882/
Leip86334/
Laip86266/
Liop86205/
Lipš86169/
Lipf8643/
Lipś8611/
Luip867/
Lisp867/
Lipz865/
Lipt862/
Litp862/
Liph862/
Loip861/
Hlip861/
L'Ip861/
Lhip861/
Llip861/
Lidp861/
Li80104,892,114/
Lippe755,147/
Lipps754,846/
Leipe75345/
Leipp75286/
Llipe75257/
Lipsz7588/
Leipf7543/
Lipsh7531/
Leips7524/
Lippß7516/
Lhips7513/
Laipe757/
Leipz755/
Lyaip755/
Litpe754/
Lieph754/
Lipsø754/
Laiph753/
Lipss752/
Liepp752/
Leipt752/
Leiph751/
Litps751/
Lispe751/
Lithp751/
Laipt751/
Loipe751/
Leitp751/
Laipz751/
Liepė751/
Lipsj751/
Liphs751/
Laitp751/
Liphe750/
Luipt750/
Luipp750/
Lipch750/
Lei673,739,001/
Lai673,581,809/
Lui6799,152/
Lis6791,537/
Lie6750,006/
Loi6738,016/
Lia6735,092/
Lio6711,281/
Liz677,308/
Liv677,137/
Lit673,489/
Lib672,542/
Lid671,974/
Lipova671,565/
Lep671,560/
Lii671,162/
Lih671,158/
Lli671,018/
Liß67919/
Liy67604/
Lipová67289/
Lyp67182/
Leippe67131/
Lép67114/
Lhi6791/
Lyi6786/
Lipowa6782/
Lij6743/
Hli6730/
Luispe6710/
Lahiep674/
Lhipch674/
Lippss673/
Ljp673/
Leipch672/
Lgi672/
Laippe671/
Leipfe671/
Liṓ671/
Lại671/
Lợi671/
Lipphe671/
Liù671/
Liǔ671/
Léi671/
Leipss670/

Lip Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lip in the Hindi language
लीपlipa93.33
दिलीपdilipa6.67
Lip in the Oriya language
ଲିପ୍lip61.9
ଲିପlipa33.33
ଲିପାଇଁlipa'im4.76
Lip in the Marathi language
लीपlipa50
िलीपilipa41.67
्लीपlipa8.33

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Lip
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