Last Name SHIPMAN

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	The shipman, a sailor, one who worked aboard a ship. Mariner and Shipman were the usual terms.

Origin	English, Jewish, Irish

Rank	2,235 (2000 US census)	1,922 (1990 US census)

Count	14,917 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

81.6%, or 12172 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
13.99%, or 2087 total occurrences, as black,
0.49%, or 73 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.82%, or 122 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.64%, or 245 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.46%, or 218 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

Census 2000: how many distinct surnames are there?

Even after applying various edits and acceptance criteria to the names, there are a sizable number of unique names in the population. Over 6 million last names were identified. Many of these names were either unique (occurred once)...

Longest last names

The 2000 USA census contains more than 150,000 surnames. The longest surnames contain 15 characters each. There are 23 names like that. There could be more of those last names in reality. Firstly because it has been 10+ years since the survey and we could have gotten...

How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

How does one estimate/guess that number? The first source that comes to mind is the result of the latest available census. We know that 2000 year census presents us with a little over 150,000 unique surnames. The least po...