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Chipp Family History

Chipp Surname Meaning

English: from Middle English chip chippe ‘small piece of wood chipped or cut off’ possibly a nickname given to a carpenter or a woodcutter to a small person or to a youngster resembling his father (‘a chip off the old block’).

English and Scottish: occasionally perhaps a variant of Cheape either a nickname from Middle English chepe ‘bargaining bargain price’ probably given to a merchant or trader or possibly a habitational name from Cheapside a broad street in London in which markets were held recorded as Chepe in medieval documents.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

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You can see how Chipp families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Chipp family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Chipp families were found in United Kingdom in 1891. In 1911 there was 1 Chipp family living in Manitoba. This was about 33% of all the recorded Chipp's in Canada. Manitoba and 2 other provinces had the highest population of Chipp families in 1911.

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Passenger Lists

There are 490 immigration records available for the last name Chipp. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in Canada, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure.

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There are 627 military records available for the last name Chipp. For the veterans among your Chipp ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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What is the average Chipp lifespan?

Between 1957 and 2004, in the United States, Chipp life expectancy was at its lowest point in 2003, and highest in 1967. The average life expectancy for Chipp in 1957 was 54, and 59 in 2004.

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