Pipe Surname

80,701st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,030 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Pipe Surname Definition:

Bapt 'the son of Pipe.' A personal name in Domesday (Lower), (a) Local, 'of Pipe,' a parish in Herefordshire, about three miles from Hereford.

Alicia Pipe, Huntingdonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Harvey Pippe, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

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Pipe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,3091:24,1313,341
United States7231:501,32642,168
Malawi4711:36,3465,352
Papua New Guinea4641:17,5731,772
Canada4011:91,88410,069
Iran3551:216,28917,069
Australia2641:102,25611,519
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
New Zealand1611:28,1264,911
South Africa1471:368,55633,364
Wales931:33,2753,343
India571:13,457,287231,997
France431:1,544,714145,815
Latvia381:53,9498,130
Scotland281:191,20810,357
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Brazil221:9,730,651206,332
China191:71,964,2933,948
Thailand181:3,924,352328,346
Cameroon151:1,384,60580,726
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines121:9,388765
Barbados111:26,1321,223
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311
Spain101:4,675,20478,608
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
Pakistan91:19,849,32172,658
Colombia81:5,971,75920,087
Malaysia81:3,686,778134,908
Chile81:2,202,05930,910
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Saint Lucia61:29,7971,820
Mexico61:20,687,70153,861
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Jersey51:19,8403,614
Trinidad and Tobago41:340,99412,383
Georgia41:936,38624,100
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,2831:18,9992,731
Wales251:62,7373,061
Scotland71:534,74514,325
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1241:404,98929,999

Pipe (529) may also be a first name.

Pipe Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Bapt 'the son of Pipe.' A personal name in Domesday (Lower), (a) Local, 'of Pipe,' a parish in Herefordshire, about three miles from Hereford.

Alicia Pipe, Huntingdonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Harvey Pippe, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Margery Pipe, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

John Pype, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

1 a pers. name (found as a man’s name —Pipe—in Domesday Book) from the stem seen under Pepin (the Anglo-Saxon pipe, a musical instrument (pipe), is a fem. noun).

John Pype.—Subsidy-Roll (Soms.), A.D. 1327.

2 belonging to Pipe (Hereford: Domesday Pipe; Staffs: 12th cent. Pipe, Pype); or Dweller by a Pipe or Aqueduct [Middle English pipe, pype, Old English pipe] Lichfield has for centuries received its water by piping from springs at Pipe (Staffs).

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

1. A parish in Herefordshire. 2. A personal name in Domesday.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Herefordshire, Staffordshire Or from the French, Pipe; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Pipe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pipe (Marathi: पीपे, Oriya: ପିେପ) is most common in England. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pipe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pipe is the 80,701st most numerous family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,208,548 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 43 percent of Pipe live; 41 percent live in Northern Europe and 40 percent live in British Isles. Pipe is also the 366,789th most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 529 people.

The surname is most prevalent in England, where it is borne by 2,309 people, or 1 in 24,131. In England Pipe is most frequent in: Essex, where 14 percent reside, Suffolk, where 13 percent reside and Greater London, where 11 percent reside. Apart from England this last name is found in 70 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 12 percent reside and Malawi, where 8 percent reside.

Pipe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pipe has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name increased 180 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 583 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it increased 372 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 400 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 50 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Pipe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Pipe last name are 21.47% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 68.24% being registered with the party.

The amount Pipe earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 34.79% less than the national average, earning R 154,968 per year; in Colombia they earn 200.84% more than the national average, earning $68,298,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 5.77% more than the national average, earning $45,637 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.02% more than the national average, earning $51,682 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Piper8956,930/
Pipes895,334/
Pipet89708/
Peipe89223/
Pijpe8987/
Piepe8982/
Pipei8980/
Paipe8966/
Pippe8956/
Piope8942/
Pipie8917/
Pipez898/
Pispe897/
Pipeh896/
Piphe894/
Pipee893/
Puipe892/
Poipe892/
Piped892/
Phipe891/
Pipep891/
Pipea891/
Pip86918/
Pipher801,239/
Pijper80904/
Pipper80794/
Peiper80545/
Pipets80351/
Puippe80307/
Pippet80111/
Peipei8094/
Pipesh8074/
Piyape8060/
Puijpe8032/
Pippes8031/
Pipech8022/
Pippie8019/
Paiper8018/
Poiape8015/
Pisper8012/
Pippey8010/
Piepie8010/
Pispea808/
Phiper805/
Pijape803/
Phippe802/
Payipe802/
Poipet802/
Paiape802/
Pippea801/
Pispey801/
Paiupe801/
Pieape801/
Pieppe801/
Peyipe801/
Peipeh801/
Peippe801/
Piyope801/
Paipet801/
Pipeis801/
Pipett800/
Pfipes800/
Phipes800/
Pippep800/
Pape7539,357/
Pipa7511,910/
Pipi756,690/
Pupe751,481/
Pipp751,164/
Pype75930/
Piep75349/
Pipy75234/
Paip75195/
Hpip75123/
Pips7584/
Peip7550/
Phip7547/
Piop7526/
Poip7526/
Pêpe7514/
Pieb7512/
Pépe758/
Piph753/
Pèpe753/
Pijp752/
Ppev752/
Pihp751/
Pipí751/
Pipj751/
Pisp751/
Ppip751/
Pidp751/
Bpip751/
Pippett73262/
Peipher7350/
Phipher7318/
Pipperr738/
Piyapes737/
Phippes736/
Pipeaua736/
Pfisper733/
Pfeiper733/
Phipper732/
Phiphee732/
Pippets732/
Phaiphe732/
Phaipet732/
Phiphet732/
Payiepe731/
Piehape731/
Poi'ape731/
Puipper731/
Phiphie731/
Paaipes731/
Phipech731/
Peipech731/
Peipper730/
Pheiper730/
Pfipher730/
Pippest730/
Peipfer730/
Pyper673,675/
Paipa672,322/
Pippa671,559/
Paape671,468/
Puppe671,436/
Pappe671,088/
Pipit671,064/
Puype671,053/
Pippi671,006/
Paupe67679/
Pipih67675/
Pypeć67648/
Pipis67577/
Pippy67484/
Paepe67421/
Päper67260/
Phipp67227/
Pipio67222/
Pipii67206/
Poupe67189/
Peipp67186/
Papei67169/
Papey67158/
Pipps67142/
Pipoi67114/
Papea67109/
Pipay67105/
Pishp6786/
Papee6757/
Pipai6748/
Peipa6739/
Pupea6739/
Pipiș6737/
Poipy6736/
Pyope6734/
Phape6733/
Pipiš6732/
Pupei6732/
Pupey6729/
Pyppe6729/
Pipiş6728/
Poepe6726/
Piepi6724/
Pipid6723/
Pypes6723/
Pipiy6722/
Peips6722/
Piepp6718/
Pipíš6716/
Pipaj6716/
Paphe6713/
Hpipi6712/
Phips6711/
Poipa6711/
Pypet6710/
Pipoy679/
Pipha678/
Phihp677/
Pepie677/
Pipui676/
Puipa676/
Hpipa676/
Pypee676/
Pippetts674/
Pieph674/
Piepa674/
Papée674/
Phipa674/
Phiph674/
Hpipy674/
Phiep673/
Pispi673/
Pypeč673/
Ppipa673/
Phipy672/
Paips672/
Pfeipfer672/
Paiypoey672/
Pepip672/
Piphy672/
Pipip672/
Pipaa671/
Peipz671/
Piphi671/
Papfe671/
Pépes671/
Piopi671/
Pipiç671/
Pipét671/
Pipís671/
Püper671/
Pyepe671/
Pypez671/
Pépei671/
Pépée671/
Pupie671/
Poype671/
Ppipi671/
Phepe671/
Pheipher671/
Pipss671/
Phuip671/
Pihpi671/
Phoiphet671/
Phaip671/
Phaipher671/
Phaiphet671/
Poipf671/
Hpape671/
Pfeipher670/
Pfape670/
Peippher670/

Pipe Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pipe in the Oriya language
ପିେପpiepa-
Pipe in the Marathi language
पीपेpipe-

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