The Yip surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,208 people carried this name — #5,602 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 47,600 people counted. That is up 12% from 5,542 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Yip surname

Borrowed from Cantonese 葉 /叶 (jip6).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Yip» (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

48 people named Yip 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

Zurich 21
Geneva 13
Vaud 11
St. Gallen 3

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 35 people named Yip 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 Antwerp.

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

Where they live today

Antwerp 28
Limburg 7

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 23 people named Yip.

Most of them — 18 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 3 départements, most often Paris.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 18
Paris 3
Yvelines 1
French Polynesia 1

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

In the Nordic population registers

43 people named Yip is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 43

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

Yip in American newspapers,
1909–1918.

Newspaper page from The Day Book carrying the name Yip
The Day Book 1914-02-11
Newspaper page from The Sun carrying the name Yip
The Sun 1918-08-25
Newspaper page from The Hattiesburg News carrying the name Yip
The Hattiesburg News 1909-10-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 28,178 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Yip in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1990s.

348 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Yip. The most, 65, date from the 1910s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Victoria, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 108
Victoria 85
Queensland 61
ACT (Canberra) 24
South Australia 22
Western Australia 10
Tasmania 7

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

Who carried it

People named Yip,
with a public archive behind them.

  • K. Dock Yip
    K. Dock Yip 1906–2001 · lawyer
  • Olinda Yip 1930–1973 · basketball player
  • Kelly Yip 1943–2026 · architect

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 Yip,
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 States157 records

157 records of the Yip name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 86
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 35
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 29
  • Sacramento County historic burials 3
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Raymond Yip

    Born 1919 in California. Enlisted 1942 at Los Angeles; route man from Los Angeles County.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain)
  2. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Shee Yip

    Born 1893 in China. Registered as a foreign national in San Francisco, California, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Sick Yip

    Died 1913, aged 62; buried at City Cemetery, Sacramento County, California.

    Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 157 records for Yip in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada125 records

125 records of the Yip name in Canada
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 98
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 21
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 5
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Po Chu Yip

    Buried in 1988 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 88.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Billy Thang Yip

    Died 2000, aged 68; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Huen Yip

    Buried in 1961 at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.

Showing 3 of 125 records for Yip in Canada.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

Netherlands6 records

6 records of the Yip name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 4
  • Dutch population registers 2
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Koh Teck Yip

    Died 1971 in Druten; waiter.

    Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Kow Yip

    Died 1950 in 's-Gravenhage, aged 63; "officiersbediende".

    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 Shing Yip

    In the population register of Amsterdam; born 1882 in Kanton.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Amsterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 6 records for Yip in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Australia3 records

3 records of the Yip name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 1
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Ng Yip

    Cook of Melbourne, Victoria; died 1962.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 3 records for Yip in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (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).

France2 records

2 records of the Yip name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Kam Ying Yip

    Born 1915 in China; died 1992 in Melun (Seine-et-Marne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jean-Marie Paul Louis Yip

    Born 1932 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés (Paris); died 1980 in Amboise (Indre-et-Loire).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

New Zealand1 record

1 record of the Yip name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Frank Yip

    Died 1975, aged 75; buried at Linwood Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Christchurch City 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).

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