Explore the Family Name Lipe

The meaning of Lipe

1. Americanized form of German Leib or of some other similar (like-sounding) surname. 2. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): from the Yiddish personal name Lipe, a short form of Lipman. 3. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): Yiddishized or Germanized form of Lipa 2 or 3. 4. Albanian: from a short form of the personal name Filip (see Philip).

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How common is the last name Lipe in the United States?

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Lipe experienced a slight decline in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Lipe was ranked as the 11,489th most common surname; however, by 2010, it fell to the 12,488th position, marking a decrease of 8.7%. The number of individuals bearing the surname also decreased slightly from 2,514 to 2,484, a change of -1.19%. Subsequently, the proportion per 100k people also dropped by 9.68% over the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#11,489	#12,488	-8.7%
Count	2,514	2,484	-1.19%
Proportion per 100k	0.93	0.84	-9.68%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Lipe

The ethnicity distribution for the surname Lipe also saw notable changes based on the Decennial U.S. Census data. In 2000, the majority of individuals with the Lipe surname identified as White (94.47%), but this number declined to 92.75% by 2010. Over the same decade, there was an increase in the percentage of individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Two or more races, Hispanic, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native. The Hispanic category saw the largest growth at 40.10%, followed by those identifying with two or more races which increased by 45.67%. Despite these shifts, the Lipe surname remained predominantly White in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.47%	92.75%	-1.82%
Hispanic	2.07%	2.9%	40.1%
Two or More Races	1.27%	1.85%	45.67%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	1.07%	1.21%	13.08%
Black	0.72%	0.76%	5.56%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.52%	30%