de Cuyper Surname

143,965th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,088 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Cuyper Surname User-submission:

This name comes from the flemish language, de Kuyper, meaning 'the cooper'.

Decuyper is one of the French transcriptions of this name.

de Cuyper Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium2,7841:4,130451
France2201:301,92146,106
Switzerland331:248,87620,666
Netherlands241:703,63256,027
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
China31:455,773,85521,925
England21:27,859,030389,889
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419

de Cuyper Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This name comes from the flemish language, de Kuyper, meaning 'the cooper'.

Decuyper is one of the French transcriptions of this name.

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DNA test information

de Cuyper Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Cuyper occurs in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name de Cuyper? popularity and diffusion

The surname de Cuyper is the 143,965th most frequently occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 2,359,957 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of de Cuyper reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 79 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Belgium, where it is borne by 2,784 people, or 1 in 4,130. In Belgium it is most prevalent in: Flemish Region, where 86 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 7 percent live and Walloon Region, where 6 percent live. Besides Belgium it is found in 20 countries. It is also found in France, where 7 percent live and Switzerland, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Cuypere95139/
de Kuyper89447/
de Cupere89122/
de Cupper893/
De-Cuyper892/
de Cauper891/
de Cuiper891/
de Cuijper8465/
de Kuiper78410/
de Queper783/
de Kupfer782/
de Kusper781/
de Cupère781/
de Cooper781/
de Cape751/
de Cipe751/
di Cupe751/
de Kuijper74389/
de Cupis71572/
de Quepe712/
de Kepper67176/
de Quispe6712/
de Cuppis675/
de Kieper671/
de Chipre671/
de Koeper670/
de Gispert63159/
de Kepe6310/
da Cupha591/
da Koupe591/
de Cheppi561/
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