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 frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Empt? popularity and diffusion

Empt is the 1,491,356th most widely held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 51,684,723 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Empt live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most widespread in Germany, where it is carried by 136 people, or 1 in 591,952. In Germany it is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 93 percent are found, Bavaria, where 4 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Germany it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 1 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.

Empt Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Empt has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname 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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