Alps Surname

617,057th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 499 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Faroe Islands

Alps Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Alps Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1721:2,107,319133,796
Germany1221:659,88151,431
Brazil381:5,633,535140,199
Latvia301:68,33510,134
Australia291:930,88655,860
England271:2,063,63279,942
India221:34,866,608408,224
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
New Zealand101:452,83231,784
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
France21:33,211,361423,184
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Faroe Islands11:48,9982,049
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England391:625,00931,098
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Alps (75) may also be a first name.

Alps Last Name Facts

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

The surname Alps (Bengali: অল্পস) is most common in The United States. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Alps.

How Common Is The Last Name Alps? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 617,057th most numerous family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 14,604,300 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 40 percent of Alps live; 32 percent live in North America and 32 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,116,575th most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 75 people.

The surname is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 172 people, or 1 in 2,107,319. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Colorado, where 30 percent are found, Illinois, where 10 percent are found and Oregon, where 9 percent are found. Excluding The United States this surname exists in 31 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 24 percent are found and Brazil, where 8 percent are found.

Alps Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Alps has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Alps surname rose 1,433 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 31 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Alps Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Alps surname are 17.94% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 64.71% being registered with the party.

The amount Alps earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 11.39% more than the national average, earning $48,062 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.3% less than the national average, earning $48,542 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Alphs8968/
Halps8910/
Alpås893/
Ahlps892/
Alpse891/
Alp8639,593/
Alpe752,078/
Alvs7586/
Albs7570/
Elps7567/
Olps7554/
Galp7549/
Halp7519/
Alph7515/
Aalp757/
Allp756/
Alpp755/
Ahlp754/
Aulp752/
Alpt751/
Alpx751/
Ajlp751/
Atlp751/
Helps672,197/
Halpe671,892/
Alphe67446/
Aulph67131/
Ailep6723/
Alvås678/
Gaulp678/
Holps675/
Alvës674/
Halbs674/
Allbs671/
Alvss671/
Elpsh671/
Hallp671/
Alvìs671/
Aylpe671/
Galbs671/
Aylep670/
Gallp670/
Halpt670/

Alps Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Alps in the Bengali language
অল্পসalpasa-

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Alps Reference & Research

Alpe One-name Study - A profile of the Alpe surname with contact details for a researcher who collects any information pertaining to it.

Alpe 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 Alps
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