Lipton
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Lipton is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States. Recorded meaning: person from Lipton, Devon; origin and meaning uncertain.
- USUnited States
- GBUnited Kingdom
- CACanada
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
person from Lipton, Devon; origin and meaning uncertain
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Lipton is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, habitational name from Lipton in East Allington, Devon, which is probably named from Old English tun ‘settlement’ with an uncertain first element.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In English, Sir Thomas, Scottish merchant;
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, tea & food co.
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, from Lipton in East Allington, Devon
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Thomas Liptonb. 1848GBBritish tea merchant and yacht racer (1848-1931)
- Lawrence Liptonb. 1898USPolish-born Jewish American journalist, writer and Beat poet
- Seymour Liptonb. 1903USAmerican artist (1903–1986)
- Martha Liptonb. 1913USAmerican opera singer (1913-2006)
- James Liptonb. 1926USpoet, talk show host, writer, teacher (1926-2020)
- Lenny Liptonb. 1940USAmerican filmmaker and lyricist (1940-2022)
- Robert Liptonb. 1943USAmerican actor
- Bruce Liptonb. 1944USAmerican developmental biologist
- Peggy Liptonb. 1946USAmerican actress and singer (1946-2019)
- Peter Liptonb. 1954USAmerican philosopher (1954–2007)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 20 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 2.5K | #11,605 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2.4K | #13,002 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 2.2K | #13,511 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 5 | #67,048 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 4 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 4 | #228,463 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 3 | #154,370 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 3 | #122,195 |
| CR Costa Rica | TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names | — | 1 | #19,183 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 6
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Lipton mean, and where does it come from?
- person from Lipton, Devon; origin and meaning uncertain Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- In which country does Lipton have the most bearers?
- Lipton is most frequently recorded in the United States.
What do you want to know about Lipton?
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Lipton”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.