Alpers Surname

120,798th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,794 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Alpers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Alpers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2,0641:39,0055,164
United States1,5311:236,74722,700
Brazil521:4,116,814111,429
Australia351:771,30649,759
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
New Zealand211:215,63421,249
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
Norway131:395,56035,657
England71:7,959,723202,100
France61:11,070,454349,096
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1341:374,76628,202

Alpers (16) may also be a first name.

Alpers Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Alpers Come From? nationality or country of origin

Alpers (Russian: Альперс) is more frequently found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Alpers? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 120,798th most frequently held last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,920,808 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 55 percent of Alpers reside; 55 percent reside in Western Europe and 55 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequent given name on earth It is held by 16 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 2,064 people, or 1 in 39,005. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 71 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 6 percent live and Schleswig-Holstein, where 5 percent live. Other than Germany Alpers exists in 22 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 40 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.

Alpers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Alpers has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Alpers surname rose 1,143 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Alpers Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Alpers last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Alpers last name are 3.04% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 50.19% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Alpers earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 145.34% more than the national average, earning 849,064 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 0.49% more than the national average, earning R 238,812 per year and in United States they earn 2.85% more than the national average, earning $44,377 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Alperse92275/
Alphers922/
Alpiers921/
Halpers921/
Hallpers868/
Aulphers860/
Elpers831,557/
Alpars8364/
Olpers8323/
Alpirs830/
Alpors830/
Helpers7736/
Holpers7731/
Alpfors7710/
Alphors771/
Alperce770/
Holppers713/
Elporsh624/

Alpers Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Alpers in the Russian language
Альперсalpers-

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Alpers 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
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • 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 Alpers
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