Lips Surname

63,548th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,882 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Lips Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lips Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2,4791:32,4754,286
Netherlands2,0031:8,4311,049
United States8731:415,18836,052
Switzerland6291:13,0572,159
France5301:125,32619,051
Belgium4101:28,0414,494
Russia2401:600,51352,991
Estonia1231:10,7461,543
Israel921:93,01810,885
Canada671:549,93446,038
Argentina431:994,03362,207
Philippines381:2,664,164134,326
England351:1,591,94567,242
Brazil351:6,116,409148,801
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Sweden241:410,28229,154
India241:31,961,058386,265
Australia221:1,227,07766,405
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Latvia171:120,59117,235
Chile121:1,468,04024,959
Belarus111:863,73365,346
Poland111:3,455,341126,214
Czechia101:1,063,34780,937
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Austria91:946,15970,786
Italy91:6,795,188113,457
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Kazakhstan61:2,947,083107,736
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
New Caledonia41:69,0566,678
China31:455,773,85521,925
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
Moldova31:1,187,12348,973
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Malta11:430,2723,380
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1681:298,92123,746

The alternate forms: Lipš (169) & Lipś (11) are calculated separately.

Lips (63) may also be a first name.

Lips Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lips (Russian: Липс) is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Lipš or Lipś. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lips? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lips is the 63,548th most commonly held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 924,581 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 82 percent of Lips reside; 77 percent reside in Western Europe and 70 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Lips is also the 1,234,572nd most frequently used first name globally, borne by 63 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 2,479 people, or 1 in 32,475. In Germany Lips is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 26 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 12 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 12 percent live. Beside Germany this surname is found in 69 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 25 percent live and The United States, where 11 percent live.

Lips Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Lips has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lips surname rose 520 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lips Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland and Orthodox (67%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Lips last name are 17.55% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 64.32% being registered with the party.

The amount Lips earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 235.83% more than the national average, earning R 798,060 per year; in United States they earn 15.88% more than the national average, earning $49,999 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.9% less than the national average, earning $46,754 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lipš92169/
Lipś9211/
Lipps894,846/
Lipsz8988/
Lipse8974/
Lipsh8931/
Leips8924/
Lieps8923/
Lhips8913/
Lipsø894/
Lipss892/
Lipst892/
Litps891/
Lipsj891/
Liphs891/
Lip863,340/
Lipsch80316/
Lippse8025/
Leipst807/
Lippss803/
Loipes803/
Lipshe801/
Lipsøe801/
Leipss800/
Lipp7516,353/
Lipe7510,627/
Liep759,669/
Leps751,807/
Libs75499/
Leip75334/
Laip75266/
Lups75251/
Liop75205/
Lyps75116/
Lipf7543/
Livs7534/
Lüps7519/
Luip757/
Lisp757/
Lipz755/
Lisb753/
Lipt752/
Litp752/
Liph752/
Loip751/
Hlip751/
L'Ip751/
Lhip751/
Llip751/
Lidp751/
Liepsch7313/
Lipsová7310/
Lipsche732/
Lippsch731/
Lipsova731/
Leipsch730/
Lippe675,147/
Liebs67608/
Leipe67345/
Leipp67286/
Llipe67257/
Lepse67158/
Lepps67150/
Lypps67105/
Leipf6743/
Leeps6731/
Leibs6731/
Libsz6729/
Luibs6719/
Lippß6716/
Lypes6712/
Libse6712/
Lypst678/
Laipe677/
Leipz675/
Lyaip675/
Litpe674/
Lieph674/
Laiph673/
Leivs672/
Libst672/
Lupps672/
Liepp672/
Leipt672/
Lypsh672/
Leiph671/
Lypse671/
Lipshova671/
Lispe671/
Lithp671/
Liepz671/
Laipt671/
Loipe671/
Liupś671/
Lupìs671/
Leitp671/
Laipz671/
Liepė671/
Loisb671/
Libsc671/
Lleps671/
Lepsc671/
Laitp671/
Leaps670/
Lueps670/
Liphe670/
Luipt670/
Lipce670/
Luipp670/
Lipch670/

Lips Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lips in the Russian language
Липсlips-

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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 Lips
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