Empt Surname

1,491,356th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 141 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Empt Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Empt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1361:591,95247,778
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
France11:66,422,722504,397
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Empt Last Name Facts

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

The surname Empt is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Empt? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,491,356th most numerous family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 51,684,723 people. Empt occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Empt live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Empt is most numerous in Germany, where it is held by 136 people, or 1 in 591,952. In Germany Empt is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 93 percent live, Bavaria, where 4 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 1 percent live. Barring Germany Empt exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 1 percent live and France, where 1 percent live.

Empt Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Empt has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 92 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hempt8971/
Gempt8913/
Empte891/
Jempt890/
Emp8681/
Hempte80137/
Yempte801/
Hemp752,153/
Empe75342/
Ampt75258/
Gemp75136/
Emph7555/
Embt7529/
Emps7514/
Enmp755/
Iemp751/
Enpt751/
Esmp751/
Emmp751/
Eamp751/
Hempe672,641/
Gempp67482/
Hampt6771/
Gempf6752/
Hemph6726/
Hembt6721/
Hempp6710/
Esemp679/
Hempf678/
Heamp673/
Emphe672/
Ampft671/
Embte671/
Etimp671/
Eumpp670/
Hemps670/

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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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  • 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 Empt
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