The Lipka surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,665 people carried this name — #17,056 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 178,600 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (1,661).
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Lipka surname
From Polish Lipka, Czech Lipka, Slovak Lipka.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Lipka» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
6,817 people named Lipka have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 7,563 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 76 people named Lipka.
25 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Nord.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
31 people named Lipka live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 23 people named Lipka live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
39 people named Lipka is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Lipka in American newspapers,
1929–1930.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,145 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Lipka,
with a public archive behind them.
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František Lipka 1863–1917 · local historian -
Franz Lipka 1816–1864 · beamter
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Erhard Lipka 1863–1916 · politician
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Joseph Lipka 1883–1924
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István Lipka 1899–1990 · mathematician
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Charles Lipka 1901–1976 · graphic designer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lipka.
- Lion 929 · U.S. census
- Lions 315 · U.S. census
- Liotta 1,407 · U.S. census
- Liou 1,162 · U.S. census
- Lipari 2,048 · U.S. census
- Lipinski 3,615 · U.S. census
- Lipp 3,096 · U.S. census
- Lippens 406 · U.S. census
- Lippert 5,794 · U.S. census
- Lippi 434 · U.S. census
- Lippmann 528 · U.S. census
- Lips 603 · U.S. census
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