Explore the Family Name Lipski

The meaning of Lipski

Polish and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): habitational name forsomeone from any of various places called Lipie, Lipsk, Lipsko, Lipy, etc., all named with Polish lipa ‘lime tree’. Some characteristic forenames: Polish Tadeusz, Jacek, Jerzy, Boguslaw, Jolanta, Lech, Lucjan, Piotr, Stanislaw, Witold, Wladyslaw, Zbigniew.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Lipski witnessed a decrease in its popularity between 2000 and 2010. In these years, it fell from the rank of 21,381 to 24,483, marking a drop of 14.51%. The total count of people bearing this name also declined from 1,141 to 1,022, showing a decrease of 10.43%. Consequently, the proportion of Lipskis per 100,000 individuals shrank by 16.67%, from 0.42 to 0.35.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#21,381	#24,483	-14.51%
Count	1,141	1,022	-10.43%
Proportion per 100k	0.42	0.35	-16.67%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Lipski

Looking at the ethnic identity associated with the surname Lipski, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals some interesting shifts over the decade. The proportion of Lipskis identifying as White decreased slightly from 97.20% in 2000 to 94.81% in 2010. The percentage of Lipskis identifying as Hispanic, however, saw a significant increase of 86.08%, rising from 1.58% to 2.94%. In the categories of Asian/Pacific Islander and those reporting two or more races, the numbers were initially negligible or suppressed for privacy in 2000, but in 2010, they registered at 0.59% and 0.88% respectively. For the categories of Black and American Indian and Alaskan Native, the figures remained at zero for both census years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.2%	94.81%	-2.46%
Hispanic	1.58%	2.94%	86.08%
Two or More Races	0.7%	0.88%	25.71%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.59%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%