Alper Surname
Approximately 18,156 people bear this surname
Alper Surname Definition:
(from a place name) A truncated version of Halpern, which is itself a garbled version of Heilbronn, a German city.
Alper Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 14,001 | 1:5,558 | 796 |
| United States | 2,591 | 1:139,892 | 14,570 |
| Israel | 452 | 1:18,933 | 2,818 |
| Germany | 245 | 1:328,594 | 32,651 |
| Canada | 111 | 1:331,942 | 30,257 |
| Philippines | 94 | 1:1,077,002 | 89,308 |
| England | 88 | 1:633,160 | 37,224 |
| Russia | 61 | 1:2,362,673 | 139,353 |
| South Africa | 52 | 1:1,041,879 | 63,251 |
| Northern Cyprus | 51 | 1:6,255 | 1,368 |
| Netherlands | 50 | 1:337,744 | 38,500 |
| Ukraine | 41 | 1:1,110,310 | 99,505 |
| Belgium | 41 | 1:280,406 | 33,354 |
| France | 34 | 1:1,953,609 | 166,012 |
| Argentina | 30 | 1:1,424,780 | 80,162 |
| Qatar | 28 | 1:84,214 | 9,043 |
| Switzerland | 22 | 1:373,314 | 28,226 |
| Australia | 20 | 1:1,349,785 | 70,688 |
| Thailand | 18 | 1:3,924,352 | 328,346 |
| Colombia | 12 | 1:3,981,173 | 16,511 |
| Bulgaria | 10 | 1:697,890 | 27,590 |
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| Hungary | 9 | 1:1,090,697 | 49,203 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| North Macedonia | 4 | 1:525,368 | 20,918 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Alper (50,262) may also be a first name.
Alper Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(from a place name) A truncated version of Halpern, which is itself a garbled version of Heilbronn, a German city.
Alper Demographics
Average Alper Salary in
United States
$58,448 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Alper Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alper Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Alper (Arabic: ألبر, Russian: Альпер) is found in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Alper? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 29,504th most numerous last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 401,385 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 70 percent of Alper reside; 69 percent reside in West Asia and 67 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. Alper is also the 18,420th most frequent given name world-wide It is held by 50,262 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Turkey, where it is held by 14,001 people, or 1 in 5,558. In Turkey Alper is primarily concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 19 percent are found, Bursa Province, where 9 percent are found and Izmir Province, where 6 percent are found. Apart from Turkey this last name is found in 59 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 14 percent are found and Israel, where 2 percent are found.
Alper Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Alper has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 64,775 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 4,400 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Alper Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Alper are 38.84% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 92.07% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Alper earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 207.83% more than the national average, earning R 731,532 per year; in Colombia they earn 39.31% more than the national average, earning $31,625,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 35.46% more than the national average, earning $58,448 USD per year and in Canada they earn 51.53% more than the national average, earning $75,284 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alper Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alper in the Russian language | ||
| Альпер | alper | - |
| Alper in the Arabic language | ||
| ألبر | albr | - |
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Alper Reference & Research
Albers DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Albers FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Alper
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