Clipper

See also: clipper

English

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Clipper (disambiguation)

Wikipedia

Etymology

Americanized spelling of German Klipper.

Proper noun

Clipper (countable and uncountable, plural Clippers)

1. A surname from German.
2. An unincorporated community in Whatcom County, Washington, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Clipper is the 37993^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 584 individuals. Clipper is most common among White (47.6%) and Black/African American (43.15%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Clipper”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 346.