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

Lipps, 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 Lipps surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Lipps in America

Lipps is the 10751st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Lipps surname appeared 2,968 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 Lipps.

We can also compare 2010 data for Lipps 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 Lipps

The surname Lipps is believed to have originated in Germany, with its earliest recorded use dating back to the 16th century. It is thought to be derived from the Low German word "lipp," meaning "lip," possibly referring to someone with prominent lips or a physical characteristic related to the lips.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Lipps surname can be found in the baptismal records of St. Michael's Church in Hamburg, Germany, from the year 1572, where a child named Hans Lipps was baptized. This suggests that the name was already in use by that time in the northern German region.

In the 17th century, the Lipps surname appeared in various German records, including tax rolls and land registration documents. For example, a Johann Lipps was listed as a landowner in the village of Kirchheim, near Stuttgart, in 1638.

The name Lipps has also been associated with several notable individuals throughout history. One such person was Johann Gottfried Lipps (1719-1794), a German theologian and author who served as a professor at the University of Leipzig. Another was Carl Friedrich Lipps (1773-1843), a German mathematician and astronomer who made significant contributions to the field of celestial mechanics.

In the 19th century, the Lipps surname spread to other parts of Europe and beyond. For instance, a prominent family of Austrian painters and artists included brothers Franz Lipps (1834-1900) and Josef Lipps (1836-1894), who were known for their landscape paintings and portrayals of rural life.

Another notable individual with the Lipps surname was Theodor Lipps (1851-1914), a German philosopher and psychologist who developed the concept of "empathy" (Einfühlung) and made significant contributions to the field of aesthetics.

While the Lipps surname has its roots in Germany, it has since spread to various parts of the world, with descendants of the original Lipps families now found in countries such as the United States, Canada, and Australia.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Lipps

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

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

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