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

Lippold, 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 Lippold surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Lippold in America

Lippold is the 22260th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Lippold surname appeared 1,158 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 Lippold.

We can also compare 2010 data for Lippold 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 Lippold

The surname Lippold is of German origin, and it dates back to the late medieval period. The name is derived from the Old German word "Lipp," which means "lip" or "lip-shaped," and the suffix "-old," which is a common name ending. It is believed that the name was initially given as a nickname to someone with distinctive or prominent lips.

The earliest recorded instances of the Lippold name can be found in various German records from the 13th and 14th centuries. One notable example is the mention of a "Konrad Lippold" in a document from the city of Nuremberg, dated 1287.

In the 15th century, the name Lippold appears in several historical documents related to the Hanseatic League, a powerful commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and market towns in Central and Northern Europe. This suggests that individuals bearing this surname may have been involved in trade and commerce during that time.

One of the earliest known Lippolds was Johannes Lippold, a German scholar and theologian who lived from 1492 to 1556. He was a prominent figure in the Lutheran Reformation and served as a professor at the University of Wittenberg.

Another notable individual with the Lippold surname was Friedrich Wilhelm Lippold (1799-1865), a German artist and sculptor known for his work in the neoclassical style. He created several sculptures and monuments in Berlin and other German cities.

In the 19th century, Carl Lippold (1838-1905) was a German architect and urban planner who designed several notable buildings in Berlin, including the Reichsbank and the Charlottenburg Palace.

The Lippold name is also associated with several place names in Germany, such as Lippoldsberg, a town in Lower Saxony, and Lippoldshausen, a village in Thuringia. These place names likely derived from individuals with the Lippold surname who settled in or established these locations.

While the Lippold surname is predominantly found in Germany, it has also spread to other parts of Europe and the world due to migration and immigration patterns over the centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Lippold

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

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

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