The Sipes surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,034 people carried this name — #4,995 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 42,000 people counted. That is up 4% from 6,740 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Sipes surname
Probably an altered form of German Seip.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Sipes» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 21 people named Sipes 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 print
Sipes in American newspapers,
1917.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 331,433 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Sipes,
with a public archive behind them.
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William B. Sipes 1831–1905 · lawyer
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Barbara Sipes 1935–2021 · basketball player
Wikidata (CC0) · 4 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Sipes,
in the records of 2 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 States344 records
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 234
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 84
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 11
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 7
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Jessie E. SipesBorn 1917 in Virginia. Enlisted 1943 at Roanoke; driver from Rockingham County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1990, buried at Rest Haven Memorial Gardens, Harrisonburg, Virginia.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record Robert J. SipesBorn 1931; from Bullitt County, Kentucky. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1950 in North Korea.
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Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Piotr SipesArrived at New York in 1893 aboard the H.h. Meier from Bremen, aged 32; laborer. From Russia.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
Showing 3 of 344 records for Sipes in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).
Canada4 records
- City of Calgary cemetery records 1
- Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
- Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
- War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Alva SipesDied 1932; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.
City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. -
Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Grace Alice SipesBuried in 1974 at Union Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.
City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. -
Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917 War record Lee SipesDied in service in 1918.
Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
Showing 3 of 4 records for Sipes in Canada.
Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: 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).
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Surnames next to Sipes.
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