Explore the Family Name Sippola

The meaning of Sippola

Finnish: habitational name from farms so named, from the personal name Sippo, a Finnish form of Swedish Sigfrid (see Siegfried), + the locative suffix -la, thus referring to ‘Sippo’s farm’. Established as a hereditary surname since the 19th century especially in southern Ostrobothnia and Satakunta.

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

According to the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Sippola saw a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, its rank was 74,398 and by 2010 it had slipped to 80,678, a drop of 8.44%. Similarly, the count of people bearing this surname also went down from 242 in 2000 to 235 in 2010, marking a reduction of 2.89%. The proportion of Sippolas per 100,000 people in the population also declined by 11.11% over the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#74,398	#80,678	-8.44%
Count	242	235	-2.89%
Proportion per 100k	0.09	0.08	-11.11%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Sippola

The ethnicity associated with the surname Sippola also underwent some changes according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. The majority of individuals with this surname identified as White, making up 94.47% of all Sippolas in 2010, a slight decrease from 95.87% in 2000. There were no recorded Sippolas who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or Black in either year. The Hispanic representation dropped from 2.89% in 2000 to zero in 2010. Interestingly, there emerged a new ethnic identity among Sippolas; by 2010, 2.13% of them identified as American Indian and Alaskan Native, which was not recorded in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.87%	94.47%	-1.46%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	2.13%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	2.89%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%