The Chipman surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,899 people carried this name — #6,866 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 60,200 people counted. That is up 3% from 4,744 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Chipman surname

An English surname originating as an occupation for a merchant.

(1787 - 1851).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Chipman» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as an occupational name: ‘the chapman’.

An early record he cites: John Chipman, Somerset, 1327–28 (1 Edward III) — Kirby's Quest (Somerset).

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 178 · public domain.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

47 Chipman families were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 257 people lived in those households, 5.5 to a family on average. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Vermont 20
Massachusetts 12
Connecticut 9
Maine 3
New York 1
Maryland 1
North Carolina 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 234 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Chipman in American newspapers,
1915.

Newspaper page from The Beatrice Daily Express carrying the name Chipman
The Beatrice Daily Express 1915-05-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Chipman in Australian newspapers,
1820s–1980s.

3,033 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Chipman. The most, 449, date from the 1890s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Tasmania, at 6.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Tasmania 1,616
New South Wales 743
Victoria 319
Queensland 171
South Australia 141
Western Australia 30
ACT (Canberra) 11

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Chipman.

Who carried it

People named Chipman,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Nathaniel Chipman
    Nathaniel Chipman 1752–1843 · judge
  • Ward Chipman
    Ward Chipman 1754–1824 · judge
  • Ward Chipman
    Ward Chipman 1754–1824 · judge
  • Daniel Chipman
    Daniel Chipman 1765–1850 · lawyer
  • Elizabeth Hazen Chipman
    Elizabeth Hazen Chipman 1766–1852
  • Catherine Louise Chipman d. 1948

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Chipman,
in the records of 6 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States409 records

409 records of the Chipman name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 160
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 72
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 61
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 53
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 35
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 21
  • Sacramento County historic burials 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Hubert B. Chipman

    Born 1914 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1941 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; farm hand. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Northridge-Woodhaven Cemtery, Millington, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record William Chipman

    Arrived at New York in 1884 aboard the Italy from London, aged 19; laborer. From Plymouth, England; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Ralph Jim Chipman

    Born 1943; from Orem, Utah. U.S. Marine Corps, pilot vma; declared dead 1972 in North Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 409 records for Chipman in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Canada495 records

495 records of the Chipman name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 456
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 12
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 11
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 7
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 5
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 2
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 2
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Albert Chipman

    Killed in 1943 at the Dominion No. 2 mine, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Harry Walter Chipman

    Buried in 1967 at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 52.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Nathan Lewis Chipman

    Died in service in 1917.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 495 records for Chipman in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia171 records

171 records of the Chipman name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 117
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 45
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 6
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 2
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Joseph Chipman

    Died 1871 in Clarence, Tasmania, aged 61. Will registered in Tasmania in 1871.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Catherine Maria Chipman

    Born 1833 in Clarence, Tasmania. Died 1852 in Clarence, Tasmania, aged 20.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Henry Lane Chipman

    Arrived in Victoria in 1874 aboard the Frances, aged 21; American.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 171 records for Chipman in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

New Zealand3 records

3 records of the Chipman name in New Zealand Thames-Coromandel District cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Flora Chipman

    Buried in 1917 at Shortland Cemetery, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato, aged 30.

    Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Allan Chipman

    Buried in 1914 at Buffalo Cemetery, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato, aged 18.

    Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Frederick Keith Dalglish Chipman

    Buried in 1952 at Buffalo Cemetery, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato, aged 58.

    Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Netherlands3 records

3 records of the Chipman name in the Netherlands Dutch population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Washburn McLelland Chipman

    In the population register of Utrecht; born in American Fork.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Washburn Chipman

    In the population register of 's-Gravenhage; born 1908 in American Forte.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Washburn Chipman

    In a population register.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Chipman name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record E. T. Chipman

    Second Lieutenant. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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