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

Lippman, 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 Lippman surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Lippman in America

Lippman is the 16203rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Lippman surname appeared 1,782 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Lippman.

We can also compare 2010 data for Lippman 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 Lippman

The surname Lippman is of German origin, derived from the Old German word "Lippe" meaning "lip" or "edge". It is believed to have originated as a nickname for someone with prominent or distinctive lips, or possibly for someone who lived near a geographical feature such as a ridge or cliff.

The earliest recorded instances of the Lippman surname date back to the 14th century in various regions of Germany, including Bavaria and Saxony. It was often spelled in various ways, such as Lipman, Lippmann, or Lippeman, reflecting regional dialects and spelling variations of the time.

One of the earliest known references to the Lippman name appears in a 1389 document from the city of Nuremberg, which mentions a merchant named Hans Lippman. Another notable early bearer of the name was Johann Lippmann, a 15th-century scholar and mathematician from Leipzig, who was born around 1450 and made contributions to the field of algebra.

In the 16th century, the Lippman surname is found in various historical records and manuscripts across Germany, including church registries and tax records. During this period, the name was also associated with several notable individuals, such as the German poet and playwright Georg Lippmann, who lived from 1550 to 1612.

As the Lippman family spread across Europe in the following centuries, the name became more widely dispersed. One prominent figure was the French physicist Gabriel Lippmann, who was born in 1845 and won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1908 for his work on color photography.

Other notable individuals with the Lippman surname include Walter Lippmann, an influential American journalist and author born in 1889, known for his contributions to political philosophy and public opinion analysis. The German-born mathematician Gabriel Lippmann, who lived from 1776 to 1839, made significant contributions to the field of calculus and authored several influential mathematical works.

While the Lippman surname has its roots in Germany, it has since become a widespread surname found in many countries around the world, particularly in regions with significant German immigration and influence.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Lippman

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

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 Lippman 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 Lippman 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 Lippman was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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