Hippolyte is used as a family name or surname in Benin. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Hippolyte
No. of characters: 9
Origin: Benin
Meaning: It is in the overseas departments that the name is the most widespread (there must be given more often to slaves). Otherwise it is quite rare, including counting the variants Hippolytus, and Hipolite Hipolyte. The name comes from the Greek (= one who tames horses). It was popularized by a third century martyr, Antioch priest who was slain during the persecutions attributed to the Emperor Decius.

How popular is Hippolyte?

Hippolyte is common in Benin.

Hippolyte is ranked 42756 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Hippolytes grew by 36.09272 per cent to 411 since 2000 and ranked 50771 after elevating 11275 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 89.29 88.74
Hispanic or Latino 4.38 3.31
Others 2.68 4.3
White 2.19 0
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.46 2.32
Hippolyte is quite popular family name mostly used in Ivory Coast while Saint Lucia is ahead in terms of density. Around 11347 people have been found who wears Hippolyte as their family name. Hippolyte is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
214,847 Australia4
9,097 Wales3
1,851 Togo3
4,231 Jamaica2
65,594 Belgium2
4,413 Democratic Republic of The Congo2
40,064 Nigeria2
118,441 Germany2
12,172 Ghana2
3,243 Suriname1
151,601 Spain1
29,046 Japan1
169,904 Brazil1
1,253 Burundi1
613 Central African Republic1
734 Chad1
31,207 Ireland1
118,015 Netherlands1
492,292 Ukraine1
38,841 Scotland1
2,715 Gabon1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
28,564 Switzerland36
861 Barbados31
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
10,383 Burkina Faso20
5,809 Trinidad and Tobago17
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
36,621 Canada89
Countries with hundreds of Hippolyte:
21 Saint Lucia818
65,753 United States380
19,682 England269
2,043 Mauritius128
39,125 South Africa128
10,984 Venezuela125
180 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines118
Countries with thousands of Hippolyte:
793 Ivory Coast3,214
658 Haiti2,409
2,577 Cameroon1,388
8,374 France1,065
1,646 Benin1,054
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Comments

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Cristy Cope
Hippolyte is a baptism name and surname rare name of Greek origin ippolytos, shape Ippos horse and lytos delie, that is to say one that delie horses name popularized by a martyr of the century iiie.

Hippolyte Namesakes

  • Honoré Hippolyte Achille Gervais, Lawyer
  • Louise Hippolyte, Princess of Monaco, Sovereign
  • Myles Hippolyte, Soccer player
  • Johnson Hippolyte, Soccer player
  • Kendel Hippolyte, Poet
  • Robert Hippolyte Chodat, Author
  • Emma Hippolyte, Politician
  • Tony Hippolyte, Actor
  • Jacques Antoine Hippolyte, Comte de Guibert, Writer
  • Rommel Hippolyte, Soccer player

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