Yip is used as a family name or surname in China. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Yip
No. of characters: 3
Origin: China
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Yip

How popular is Yip?

Yip is common in China.

Yip is ranked 785 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Yips grew by 12.01732 per cent to 6208 since 2000 and ranked 5602 after elevating 128 spots. The last name was found in around 21 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 93.25 93.77
Others 2.46 2.4
White 2.27 2.38
Hispanic or Latino 1.69 1.1
Yip is quite popular family name mostly used in China while Hong Kong is ahead in terms of density. Around 666375 people have been found who wears Yip as their family name. Yip is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
486,351 Russia10
5,868 Japan10
927 South Korea9
1,005 Cayman Islands7
475 Turks and Caicos Islands6
318,252 Ukraine6
1,014,159 India4
14,126 Colombia3
15,956 Venezuela3
127,708 Czech Republic3
18,035 Egypt2
2,151 Fiji2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
13,552 Qatar2
261 Solomon Islands2
49,529 Israel1
2,024 Mongolia1
2,211 Brunei1
6,212 Jamaica1
17,575 Kuwait1
3,275 Nepal1
12,745 Luxembourg1
37,493 Austria1
2,578 Guam1
20,172 Hungary1
3,243 Suriname1
2,715 Gabon1
25,746 Finland1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
573 Vanuatu1
3,586 Honduras1
10,683 Cyprus1
24,460 Armenia1
2,877 Cuba1
353 Cook Islands1
165,773 Belarus1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
95,259 Italy45
7,570 Ireland38
11,444 Portugal28
4,267 Trinidad and Tobago28
21,901 Chile27
23,443 Norway26
68,343 Spain23
3,071 Costa Rica22
29,040 Denmark15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
14,725 Peru85
11,524 Sweden80
108,018 Indonesia72
13,832 United Arab Emirates69
4,057 Panama65
66,582 Argentina60
1,635 Thailand60
Countries with hundreds of Yip:
17,255 Philippines838
20,699 Germany504
24,414 France404
2,462 New Zealand305
22,865 South Africa256
12,079 Netherlands235
1,055 Mauritius219
3,725 Scotland164
21,011 Mexico157
11,679 Belgium156
7,758 Switzerland153
69,781 Brazil127
3,682 Wales102
Countries with thousands of Yip:
5,100 United States7,771
90 Singapore6,612
1,116 Canada4,498
235 Papua New Guinea2,989
3,419 England2,237
1,119 Vietnam1,987
1,798 Australia1,758
329 Taiwan1,738
1,049 Cambodia1,563
94 Macau1,020
Countries with ten thousands of Yip:
25 Hong Kong55,709
214 Malaysia18,718
Countries with hundred thousands of Yip:
185 China555,320
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Yip Namesakes

  • Françoise Yip, Actress
  • Amy Yip, Actress
  • Gloria Yip, Actress
  • Gloria Yip, Actress
  • Raymond Yip, Film director
  • Brandon Yip, Ice hockey right wing
  • Françoise Yip, Actress
  • Frances Yip, Singer
  • Cecilia Yip, Actress
  • Lotus Yip Cosmo, Danny Cosmo's wife
  • In 1935 drama movie, Gege Wo Fu Ni, Fut-Yuek Yip portrayed N.

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