Whipp Surname
Approximately 3,052 people bear this surname
Whipp 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.
Read More About This SurnameWhipp Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,341 | 1:270,290 | 25,378 |
| England | 929 | 1:59,976 | 7,130 |
| Australia | 385 | 1:70,119 | 8,305 |
| Canada | 163 | 1:226,047 | 21,702 |
| New Zealand | 112 | 1:40,431 | 6,796 |
| South Africa | 51 | 1:1,062,308 | 63,943 |
| Wales | 18 | 1:171,918 | 11,581 |
| Scotland | 14 | 1:382,416 | 16,471 |
| Isle of Man | 7 | 1:12,260 | 2,387 |
| Jersey | 7 | 1:14,172 | 2,872 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 965 | 1:25,259 | 3,485 |
| Isle of Man | 2 | 1:27,135 | 1,659 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 227 | 1:221,228 | 18,802 |
Whipp 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.
(English) the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Wippa, Wipp(e [from the Teutonic stem *wip, to swing, &c., seen in Dutch wippen, to skip, Low Ger. wippen, to bob, Dano-Norwegian vippe, to swing, see-saw; and ult. in English whip] A thane named Wipp-ed is recorded, in the Anglo-Saxon Chron., under a.d. 465, as having been slain by the Britons in Kent.
Allan Wyppe.—Hundred Rolls
From the Old Norse, Vippa; in the Domesday Book, Wiber; from the German, Wippert; a personal name.
Whipp Demographics
Average Male Whipp Height
175.77 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Whipp Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Whipp Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Whipp is most common in The United States. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Whipp? popularity and diffusion
Whipp is the 145,462nd most commonly held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,387,794 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 49 percent of Whipp reside; 49 percent reside in North America and 49 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
It is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 1,341 people, or 1 in 270,290. In The United States it is most common in: Maryland, where 18 percent reside, California, where 13 percent reside and Ohio, where 7 percent reside. Beside The United States this surname is found in 25 countries. It also occurs in England, where 30 percent reside and Australia, where 13 percent reside.
Whipp Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Whipp has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 591 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it fell 4 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 1,400 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Whipp Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Whipp surname are 18.88% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 65.65% being registered with the party.
The amount Whipp earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 186.39% more than the national average, earning R 680,580 per year; in United States they earn 0.29% less than the national average, earning $43,026 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.38% less than the national average, earning $49,495 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whippe | 91 | 27 | / |
| Wipp | 89 | 374 | / |
| Whip | 89 | 328 | / |
| Wippe | 80 | 29 | / |
| Whipe | 80 | 20 | / |
| Whipf | 80 | 4 | / |
| Whypp | 80 | 3 | / |
| Wipps | 80 | 2 | / |
| Whiep | 80 | 1 | / |
| Whitp | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wip | 75 | 449 | / |
| Wippås | 73 | 6 | / |
| Whaipe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Whispe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Weippe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wchepp | 73 | 0 | / |
| Whepps | 73 | 0 | / |
| Wipf | 67 | 3,615 | / |
| Waip | 67 | 438 | / |
| Bipp | 67 | 86 | / |
| Wipe | 67 | 67 | / |
| Vipp | 67 | 48 | / |
| Whib | 67 | 13 | / |
| Wiph | 67 | 11 | / |
| Whep | 67 | 9 | / |
| Wipt | 67 | 8 | / |
| Woip | 67 | 8 | / |
| Wepp | 67 | 6 | / |
| Hbip | 67 | 5 | / |
| Weip | 67 | 4 | / |
| Vhip | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whyp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wizp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Huip | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vwip | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wibp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wipz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hvip | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wiep | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wjpp | 67 | 1 | / |
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