Zipkin

See also: zıpkın

English

Etymology

Metronymic surname from the Yiddish pet form of the personal name Zipporah.

Proper noun

Zipkin (plural Zipkins)

1. A surname from Yiddish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Zipkin is the 68122^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 289 individuals. Zipkin is most common among White (97.58%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Zipkin”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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