Carpelan Surname

1,257,535th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 183 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Carpelan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Carpelan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland1031:53,3666,379
Sweden661:149,19310,483
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Carpelan Last Name Facts

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

Carpelan is borne by more people in Finland than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Carpelan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,257,535th most frequent family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 39,822,655 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 95 percent of Carpelan reside; 95 percent reside in Northern Europe and 94 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The surname is most widely held in Finland, where it is carried by 103 people, or 1 in 53,366. In Finland it is most prevalent in: Uusimaa, where 48 percent are found, Southwest Finland, where 40 percent are found and Ostrobothnia, where 12 percent are found. Aside from Finland it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 36 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.

Carpelan Last Name Statistics demography

Carpelan earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 64.24% less than the national average, earning $15,431 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Carpeland941/
Carpelean941/
Carpetland893/
Zarpelan889/
Karpelyan826/
Sarpelian821/
Charpelone783/
Zarpelon751,173/
Zarpelam7510/
Sarpelon756/
Jorpeland7119/
Corpeleyn712/
Zarpelion711/
Corpeleijn6766/
Zarpelom6313/
Zarpelão635/

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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 Carpelan
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