Whip Surname

839,220th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 328 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

Whip Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Whip'. Although I have put a query to this statement, there can be little doubt of its accuracy. There are no local prefixes to the early entries, and the surname is found in widely separated districts.

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Whip Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1621:2,237,401140,088
Australia921:293,43225,879
Scotland441:121,6787,769
Israel91:950,84857,975
England81:6,964,757184,742
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England771:316,56320,927
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1781:282,12722,717

Whip (59) may also be a first name.

Whip Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Whip'. Although I have put a query to this statement, there can be little doubt of its accuracy. There are no local prefixes to the early entries, and the surname is found in widely separated districts.

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

Whip Last Name Facts

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

The surname Whip is most common in The United States. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Whip? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 839,220th most commonly occurring last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 22,218,128 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Whip are found; 50 percent are found in North America and 50 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,282,666th most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 59 people.

The surname Whip is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 162 people, or 1 in 2,237,401. In The United States it is most common in: Michigan, where 38 percent are found, Ohio, where 17 percent are found and California, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States Whip exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 28 percent are found and Scotland, where 13 percent are found.

Whip Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Whip has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Whip last name decreased 9 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 90 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Whip Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Whip surname are 50.79% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 97.56% being registered to vote for the political party.

Whip earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 13.63% more than the national average, earning $49,030 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whipp893,052/
Whipe8920/
Whipf894/
Whiep891/
Whitp891/
Wip86449/
Whippe8027/
Whispe801/
Whaipe801/
Wipf753,615/
Waip75438/
Wipp75374/
Wipe7567/
Whib7513/
Wiph7511/
Whep759/
Wipt758/
Woip758/
Hbip755/
Weip754/
Vhip751/
Whyp751/
Huip751/
Vwip751/
Wibp751/
Wipz751/
Wizp751/
Wiep751/
Hvip751/
Huipe67560/
Waipe67143/
Wispe67124/
Wheep67123/
Whaib6742/
Weipe6736/
Wippe6729/
Weipz6723/
Guhip6718/
Wjijp679/
Waiph675/
Whitb674/
Whypp673/
Wipps672/
Wipfs671/
Huipt671/
Witpe671/
Whype671/
Wheap671/
Whipehed671/
Weips671/
Wheib671/
Woipe671/
Whepe671/
Wipfe670/
Wheph670/
Huiph670/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Whip
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