Rippon Surname

117,825th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,905 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Antigua and Barbuda

Rippon Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Ripon,' a cathedral city in West Riding of Yorkshire.

William de Ripon, Yorkshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

William de Ripon, 1319-20: Freemen of York.

Johanna de Ripon, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

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Rippon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,3561:41,0905,277
Australia9641:28,0043,814
United States6131:591,28748,265
France2621:253,52239,145
South Africa2331:232,52224,030
Canada1511:244,01123,241
New Zealand1181:38,3766,521
Wales791:39,1713,833
Scotland291:184,61410,113
Antigua and Barbuda181:5,510685
Ireland151:313,92910,911
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Northern Ireland61:307,50612,899
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Belize11:355,4743,977
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland141:316,41912,423
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,0201:23,8973,330
Scotland241:155,9676,425
Wales61:261,4039,165
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States811:619,98441,330

Rippon (171) may also be a first name.

Rippon Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Ripon,' a cathedral city in West Riding of Yorkshire.

William de Ripon, Yorkshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

William de Ripon, 1319-20: Freemen of York.

Johanna de Ripon, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

1601. Married — James Ripnen and Joane Smithe: St. Mary Aldermary, London.

1623. Baptised — Thomas, s. John Rippon: St. James, Clerkenwell.

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

Belonging to Ripon (Yorks), 13th cent. Ripon, Domesday Ripum, 10th cent. Rypon, Bede’s in hrypum (Hist. Eccl. V. xix), Anglo-Saxon Chron. a.d. 709 tó Ripum [doubtful: but not improb. an O.Anglian cognate (in the dat. pl.) of Old Norse rifa (dat. pl. rifum), a cleft, fissure (cp. Old Norse rif = Ger. rippe = English rib) if not of Old Norse ríp-r, a crag] We see the Latinized form (Hripis) of this place-name in, e.g., the 1oth-cent. Frithgod’s metrical account of the consecration of a new church at Ripon.

The weak dat. pl. ending (-on) in the later forms of this name is much commoner in Old High German than in Old English.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Ripon in Yorkshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Ripon; a location name in Yorkshire.

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

Rippon Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rippon (Marathi: िरपपोन) occurs most in England. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rippon? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 117,825th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,866,209 people. The last name Rippon occurs predominantly in Europe, where 41 percent of Rippon live; 38 percent live in Northern Europe and 38 percent live in British Isles. It is also the 698,971st most frequently held forename worldwide It is held by 171 people.

The surname is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 1,356 people, or 1 in 41,090. In England Rippon is most common in: South Yorkshire, where 11 percent are found, Greater London, where 8 percent are found and Nottinghamshire, where 7 percent are found. Aside from England this last name occurs in 34 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 16 percent are found.

Rippon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Rippon has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Rippon last name grew 133 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 757 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it grew 1,317 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 121 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 107 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Rippon Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Catholic (57%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Rippon surname are 8.93% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 55.7% being registered with the party.

The amount Rippon earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 22.33% less than the national average, earning 268,814 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 46% more than the national average, earning R 346,956 per year; in United States they earn 5.03% more than the national average, earning $45,319 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.57% more than the national average, earning $56,920 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rippond927/
Rippong926/
Ripon9159,404/
Riphon83378/
Rippun8339/
Ripong8319/
Ripond8316/
Rippan8314/
Roipon8314/
Riepon837/
Reppon836/
Rispon834/
Raipon831/
Ripone831/
Ripont830/
Ruppon830/
Reppond77622/
Riphong77206/
Rispone77144/
Raiphon7726/
Reipond7718/
Ritphon778/
Ripphan777/
Rishpon776/
Rippung774/
Raipong771/
Ridpont771/
Repon734,226/
Ripan732,427/
Rupon731,424/
Ripun73123/
Ripom730/
Ripphahn71150/
Ritphong7177/
Ritpoung715/
Raipoung714/
Roipuong711/
Rippahan710/
Reipocin710/
Repond67895/
Raipan67580/
Raypon67335/
Riepan6794/
Ripang6790/
Rispan6762/
Ruppan6749/
Reppun6743/
Repong6743/
Ripaan6738/
Reipan6715/
Rišpán6714/
Reepon6713/
Ripung6710/
Ritpun677/
Respon675/
Raipán675/
Hripun675/
Rephon674/
Ridpan672/
Reppan672/
Ripane672/
Ritpan672/
Ritphoung672/
Ruipan671/
Rithphong671/
Rupoun671/
Reapon671/
Ridpun671/
Raipun671/
Riphan670/
Repoon670/

Rippon Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rippon in the Marathi language
िरपपोनirapapona-

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