Tipping Surname

81,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,937 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Gibraltar

Tipping Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Thorphin'; a variant of Topping. Turpin; q v. was the Yorkshire form; Toppin, later Topping, with excrescent 'g', the Lancashire form. Tipping seems to have arisen in the neighbourhood of Preston, and is unquestionably a variant of Topping, as the Preston Guild Rolls fully demonstrate.

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Tipping Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,7261:20,4392,896
United States1,1791:307,42928,245
Australia7811:34,5664,554
Canada3861:95,45510,394
Northern Ireland1711:10,7901,669
Scotland1681:31,8683,219
New Zealand1671:27,1164,736
Wales1091:28,3902,914
South Africa681:796,73154,178
Ireland311:151,9016,891
Thailand291:2,435,805267,220
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Argentina191:2,249,653107,269
Jersey141:7,0861,520
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Gibraltar61:5,659991
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
France21:33,211,361423,184
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Samoa11:193,8081,089
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1591:27,8612,912
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,6641:14,6492,182
Scotland341:110,0955,249
Wales101:156,8426,008
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1501:334,79125,907

Tipping (10) may also be a first name.

Tipping Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Thorphin'; a variant of Topping. Turpin; q v. was the Yorkshire form; Toppin, later Topping, with excrescent 'g', the Lancashire form. Tipping seems to have arisen in the neighbourhood of Preston, and is unquestionably a variant of Topping, as the Preston Guild Rolls fully demonstrate.

John fil. William Toppyng, 1397: Preston Guild Rolls.

John Toppynge, 1415: ibid.

Ewan Typpynge, 1542: ibid.

John Typynge, 1622: ibid.

Thomas Typpyng, of Ribchester, 1563: Wills at Chester.

Tenet Typpynge, of Preston, 1572: ibid.

Tipping, of Shaw, husband ibid.

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

(English) Tippa’s Son [the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Tippa ('Dipl. Angl’., p. 395) + the 'son’ suff. -ing: the name is from an O.Low Teutonic word seen in East Frisian and Low German tippen, Swedish tippa, to tap, tip, strike gently] Ewan Typpynge.—Preston Guild-Rolls, A.D. 1542.

There has been confusion with Tippin for Tibbin, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) The son of Tibba, pet forms of Theobald (people bold); the son of Tippa (to tap).

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

The family of Tipping, anciently Typpynge, derived their surname from a vill or hamlet in the township of Clayton-le-Dale, co, Lancaster. The mansion called Tipping Hall was their seat temp. Edward III., and probably much earlier. B.L.G.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

(anciently Typpynge). From a locality in the township of Clayton-le-Dale co. Lancaster.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

From the Dutch, Tieben, Tippen; a personal name.

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

Tipping Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tipping is found most frequently in England. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tipping? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 81,751st most frequently held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 1,227,480 people. Tipping is mostly found in Europe, where 55 percent of Tipping reside; 54 percent reside in Northern Europe and 54 percent reside in British Isles. Tipping is also the 3,684,242nd most widespread given name at a global level, held by 10 people.

The last name Tipping is most widespread in England, where it is held by 2,726 people, or 1 in 20,439. In England it is most prevalent in: Greater London, where 9 percent reside, Lancashire, where 7 percent reside and West Midlands, where 6 percent reside. Apart from England it is found in 40 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent reside and Australia, where 13 percent reside.

Tipping Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Tipping has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Tipping surname grew 164 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 786 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 494 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 1,090 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 81 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Tipping Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Catholic (41%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Tipping surname are 2.33% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 50.9% registered with the political party.

The amount Tipping earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 9.46% less than the national average, earning R 215,148 per year; in United States they earn 1.47% more than the national average, earning $43,783 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.32% more than the national average, earning $58,290 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tippings93108/
Thipping934/
Tippingk931/
Tippin921,414/
Tiping9290/
Taiping8638/
Tippeng8631/
Tepping8630/
Tippina8621/
Tupping865/
Tipppin864/
Tioping861/
Tippien861/
Tippion861/
Tipieng861/
Tibping861/
Thiping861/
Tipin83367/
Tipng831/
Tippingová821/
Thippeng8050/
Tippaeng8043/
Thippina803/
Tippueng802/
Tippen77797/
Taipin7786/
Tipina7781/
Teping7779/
Tuping7772/
Toipin7745/
Thipin7741/
Teppin7734/
Typing7730/
Tipeng7711/
Tiepin775/
Tipien774/
Tibpin774/
Tipion773/
Tiopin771/
Thippaeng751/
Tipn731/
Taipina71187/
Thipeng7128/
Tuipeng7114/
Taipien7111/
Tiepeng716/
Tispeng714/
Tuppeng714/
Thippen713/
Taipeng712/
Tipueng712/
Teppina711/
Tepiong711/
Teppeng711/
Tubping711/
Thuping711/
Titpeng711/
Tiopina711/
Teppind710/
Tipinne710/
Tepin67745/
Tipen6763/
Thipaeng6735/
Tuipaeng6721/
Thipueng6716/
Typin6712/
Teppaeng675/
Tipne674/
Thipn673/
Tibpaeng672/
Thubping671/
Tiepn671/
Thipeung671/

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