Whipp Surname

145,462nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,052 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

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.

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Whipp Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3411:270,29025,378
England9291:59,9767,130
Australia3851:70,1198,305
Canada1631:226,04721,702
New Zealand1121:40,4316,796
South Africa511:1,062,30863,943
Wales181:171,91811,581
Scotland141:382,41616,471
Isle of Man71:12,2602,387
Jersey71:14,1722,872
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
France21:33,211,361423,184
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England9651:25,2593,485
Isle of Man21:27,1351,659
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2271:221,22818,802

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.

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

(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

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From the Old Norse, Vippa; in the Domesday Book, Wiber; from the German, Wippert; a personal name.

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

Whipp Last Name Facts

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

The surname Whipp has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Whipp.

How Common Is The Last Name Whipp? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 145,462nd most common last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 2,387,794 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 49 percent of Whipp are found; 49 percent are found in North America and 49 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 1,341 people, or 1 in 270,290. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Maryland, where 18 percent reside, California, where 13 percent reside and Ohio, where 7 percent reside. Aside from The United States Whipp occurs in 25 countries. It is also common in England, where 30 percent reside and Australia, where 13 percent reside.

Whipp Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Whipp has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Whipp 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 bearing the Whipp last name are 18.88% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 65.65% registered to vote for 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

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Whippe9127/
Wipp89374/
Whip89328/
Wippe8029/
Whipe8020/
Whipf804/
Whypp803/
Wipps802/
Whiep801/
Whitp801/
Wip75449/
Wippås736/
Whaipe731/
Whispe731/
Weippe731/
Wchepp730/
Whepps730/
Wipf673,615/
Waip67438/
Bipp6786/
Wipe6767/
Vipp6748/
Whib6713/
Wiph6711/
Whep679/
Wipt678/
Woip678/
Wepp676/
Hbip675/
Weip674/
Vhip671/
Whyp671/
Wizp671/
Huip671/
Vwip671/
Wibp671/
Wipz671/
Hvip671/
Wiep671/
Wjpp671/

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