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The Lips surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 603 people carried this name — #37,029 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted. That is up 1% from 599 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Lips surname

Borrowed from Dutch and North German Lips, from a reduced form of the personal name Philips.

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

446 people named Lips live in Switzerland.

They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 191
Aargau 59
Bern 43
St. Gallen 31
Vaud 17
Basel-Landschaft 17
Thurgau 15
Lucerne 12

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 Belgium’s population register

At least 257 people named Lips live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in West Flanders.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

West Flanders 125
East Flanders 119
Antwerp 8
Flemish Brabant 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 243 people named Lips.

10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Nord.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 10
Nord 68
Bas-Rhin 42
Pas-de-Calais 30
Paris 22
Seine-et-Marne 17
Yvelines 9
Meurthe-et-Moselle 9
Vosges 7

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 24 people named Lips 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 Córdoba.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Córdoba 13
Buenos Aires Province 11

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Lips,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Johann Heinrich Lips
    Johann Heinrich Lips 1758–1817 · illustrator
  • Constantine Lips 801–917 · admiral
  • Katharina Lips 1625–
  • Johann Jakob Lips 1791–1833 · copper engraver
  • Charles C. Lips 1835–1888 · politician
  • Jacobus Lips 1847–1921 · entrepreneur

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Lips.

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