Lipp Surname

32,542nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16,353 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Estonia

Lipp Surname Definition:

An old Aberdeenshire surname. William Lipp to render an account of the eels of Cluny, Perthshire, in 1264 (ER., I, p. 2). Walter Lippe was one of the witnesses to the "carta fundacionis domus elemosinarie apud Turreth" (Turriff) by Alexander Cummyn, earl of Buchan, 1273 (CAB.

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Lipp Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany6,8471:11,7581,506
United States4,3311:83,6899,483
Austria1,7491:4,869547
Switzerland8311:9,8831,611
Estonia4951:2,670172
France3801:174,79727,226
Australia3361:80,3449,348
Canada2491:147,97415,147
Hungary2001:49,0815,241
Russia1381:1,044,37079,541
Brazil1101:1,946,13062,141
Poland981:387,84442,215
Scotland941:56,9564,742
England831:671,30238,633
Romania611:329,14528,853
South Africa471:1,152,71766,933
New Zealand411:110,44714,290
Israel301:285,25425,178
Thailand251:2,825,534284,782
Latvia251:82,00212,055
Argentina221:1,942,88297,983
Kazakhstan221:803,75051,043
Netherlands141:1,206,22770,951
Mexico141:8,866,15837,743
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Finland101:549,67032,186
Malaysia91:3,277,136121,952
Uzbekistan91:3,436,57132,268
Bermuda71:9,3261,286
Czechia71:1,519,06797,842
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Wales51:618,90625,852
Peru41:7,946,03141,846
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
China21:683,660,78330,601
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
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Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland571:65,6703,971
England141:1,741,09855,534
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7421:67,6807,344

Lipp (40) may also be a first name.

Lipp Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

An old Aberdeenshire surname. William Lipp to render an account of the eels of Cluny, Perthshire, in 1264 (ER., I, p. 2). Walter Lippe was one of the witnesses to the "carta fundacionis domus elemosinarie apud Turreth" (Turriff) by Alexander Cummyn, earl of Buchan, 1273 (CAB., p. 470). John Lyp or Lyppe of the county of Aberdene rendered homage in 1296. The seal attached to his homage shows a lean dog coiled gnawing a bone, and S' Johanis Lipe (Bain, II, p. 203,208, 552). Thomas Lipp or de Lipp had a charter from David II of the lands of Netherdull, Drumbeth, and Pettinbruynache, with office of constabulary of Culan in sheriffdom of Aberdeen (RMS., I, App. II, 988). Thomas de Lippes was among the Scots prisoners taken at the battle of Durham in 1346 (Hailes, II, p. 390, who adds: "If he was not a foreigner, I know not who he was"). John Lip was admitted burgess of Aberdeen, 1452 (NSCM., I, p. 13). A family of this name is said to have succeeded to the property of Schivas through marriage with the heiress of Schivas of that Ilk (CAB., p. 334). They were succeeded by Maitlands in the fifteenth century. Rev. Robert Lippe edited selections from Wodrow's Biographical collections, 1890. Two brothers named Lipp from Forglen served in the first Great War (Turriff). The name may be Frisian Lippe is said to be a pet form of Philip (Winkler, Friesche naamlijst, s.v.).

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(German) Descendant of Lipp, a pet form of Philippus (lover of horses); one who came from Lipp or Lippe (bank of a river), the names of places in Germany.

— Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

The Lipp surname is derived from the Roman personal name Phillipus, which means 'one who loves horses'.

The Romans gave veteran soldiers a piece of land in their occupied countries as a reward. The first Phillipus was given a piece of land near Regensburg in Bavaria, circa 50 AD, where there was a Roman Castel.

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Lipp Demographics

Average Male Lipp Height

176.31 cm

Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 74 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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Lipp Last Name Facts

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

Lipp (Georgian: ლიპპ, Russian: Липп) is most common in Germany. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lipp? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 32,542nd most frequently held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 445,640 people. Lipp is mostly found in Europe, where 67 percent of Lipp are found; 60 percent are found in Western Europe and 57 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Lipp is also the 1,614,485th most prevalent first name at a global level, held by 40 people.

The surname Lipp is most frequently used in Germany, where it is held by 6,847 people, or 1 in 11,758. In Germany it is most frequent in: Bavaria, where 36 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 21 percent live and Hesse, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account Germany it is found in 55 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 26 percent live and Austria, where 11 percent live.

Lipp Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Lipp has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lipp surname grew 584 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 165 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in England it grew 593 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lipp Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Lipp surname is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Lipp last name are 9.25% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 56.02% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Lipp earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 192.99% more than the national average, earning S/. 56,797 per year; in South Africa they earn 12.41% less than the national average, earning R 208,152 per year; in United States they earn 6.95% more than the national average, earning $46,149 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.66% more than the national average, earning $50,508 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lippe895,147/
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Lipś7511/
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Lieph674/
Laiph673/
Lipss672/
Leipt672/
Laitp671/
Litps671/
Leiph671/
Liphs671/
Llepp671/
Lispe671/
Lithp671/
Laipt671/
Loipe671/
Leitp671/
Laipz671/
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Lipp Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lipp in the Georgian language
ლიპპlipp-
Lipp in the Russian language
Липпlipp-

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