The Sippel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,095 people carried this name — #14,294 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 140,800 people counted. That is up 3% from 2,037 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 52 people named Sippel.
6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Moselle.
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
24 people named Sippel live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 the Nordic population registers
103 people named Sippel are counted in Finland and Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Sippel in American newspapers,
1917–1930.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,913 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Sippel,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hans Sippel d. 1525 · captain
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Anna Zippel 1650–1676
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Heinz Sippel 1922–2019 · bank manager
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Heinrich Sippel 1932– · local historian
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Ole Sippel 1941–2013 · journalist
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Gerald Sippel 1945– · painter
Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sippel.
When the index is not enough
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