Explore the Family Name Lippolis

The meaning of Lippolis

Italian (Apulia): patronymic from the personal name Lippolo, derived from Lippo, a short form of Filippo, + the hypocoristic suffix -olo. The surname is formed with the Latin ablative plural suffix -is imparting the sense ‘belonging to, of’, in this case ‘member of the Lippoli family’.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname "Lippolis" saw a slight dip in popularity between the years 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 68,172nd in terms of surname prevalence, but by 2010 this had fallen to 70,833rd, a drop of 3.9%. Despite this fall in rank, the actual count of individuals carrying the Lippolis surname increased slightly from 270 to 276, a growth of 2.22%. However, its proportion per 100,000 people fell by 10%, from 0.1 to 0.09.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#68,172	#70,833	-3.9%
Count	270	276	2.22%
Proportion per 100k	0.1	0.09	-10%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Lippolis

In terms of ethnicity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows that the majority of individuals with the surname "Lippolis" identify as White. In 2000, this group accounted for 98.52% of all Lippolis's, though this proportion slightly decreased to 96.01% in 2010. Meanwhile, there was no representation of Asian/Pacific Islander, Two or more races, Hispanic, or Black ethnicities among the Lippolis population in either year. Interestingly, the 2010 Census showed a small percentage (1.81%) of individuals identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native, a category that had not been represented in the 2000 data.

	2000	2010	Change
White	98.52%	96.01%	-2.55%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	1.81%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%