Find out how popular the last name Lipin is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Lipin.

Lipin, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Lipin surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Lipin in America

Lipin is the 121590th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Lipin surname appeared 142 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Lipin.

We can also compare 2010 data for Lipin to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Lipin

The surname Lipin is believed to have originated in Russia during the late 16th century. It likely derived from the Russian word "lipa," meaning a linden or lime tree. This suggests that the earliest bearers of this name may have lived near or been associated with these types of trees.

One of the earliest recorded examples of the Lipin name can be found in the Velenikaya Chetya Minei, a collection of Russian Orthodox saints' lives dating back to the late 16th century. An entry from 1594 mentions a monk named Andrei Lipin who lived in the Solovetsky Monastery on the White Sea.

In the 17th century, the Lipin name appeared in several historical documents from the Moscow region. A government scribe named Ivan Lipin is mentioned in records from 1632, while a landowner called Stepan Lipin is referenced in documents from the village of Kolomensky in 1648.

During the 18th century, the Lipin name began to spread across Russia. Prominent individuals included Vasily Lipin, a merchant from Nizhny Novgorod who was born in 1712, and Andrei Lipin, a military officer who fought in the Russo-Turkish War of 1768-1774.

The 19th century saw the emergence of several notable figures with the Lipin surname. These included Nikolai Lipin, a writer and journalist born in 1809, and Pyotr Lipin, a painter and art teacher who lived from 1842 to 1904. Another Lipin of note was Grigory Lipin, a revolutionary activist born in 1865 who was exiled to Siberia for his involvement in anti-government activities.

In the early 20th century, one of the most famous Lipins was Mikhail Lipin, a Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician who served as the first chairman of the Cheka, the infamous secret police force established in 1917. He was born in 1878 and died in 1919.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Lipin

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Lipin.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Lipin was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Lipin has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Lipin was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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