Last Name GIPP

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The son of Gilbert, from nickname Gibb, sharpened to Gipp. While this appears to be a natural solution, it must not be forgotten that Geoffrey gave us Jephson, that its early nickname was Jef, and that Gep may have been another nickname known at that period.
Origin English, Irish, Hungarian

Rank 45,227 (2000 US census) 51,658 (1990 US census)
Count 446 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 80.27%, or 358 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 7.4%, or 33 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 10.09%, or 45 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • 1.35%, or 6 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Shortest last names

 The 2000 USA census contains no surnames with ONE character. The shortest last names there have at least two characters in them. We found 175 of those. It does not mean that a one character name does not exist. The census data only contain surnames that occurred at lea...

English surnames

 English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

Longest last names

 The 2000 USA census contains more than 150,000 surnames. The longest surnames contain 15 characters each. There are 23 names like that. There could be more of those last names in reality. Firstly because it has been 10+ years since the survey and we could have gotten...

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