Empter Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Empter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Empter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany151:5,367,031196,901
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Empter Last Name Facts

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

Empter has its highest incidence in Germany. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Empter? popularity and diffusion

Empter is the 4,532,898th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 79 percent of Empter reside; 79 percent reside in Western Europe and 79 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 5,367,031. In Germany Empter is most frequent in: Hesse, where 53 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 33 percent are found. Aside from Germany this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 16 percent are found and The Philippines, where 5 percent are found.

Empter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Empter has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Empter last name grew 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Empter Last Name Statistics demography

Empter earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 26.71% less than the national average, earning $31,625 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Empte911/
Hempte83137/
Emptie836/
Emptey830/
Ampter830/
Hampter771/
Empty7391/
Empti731/
Embte731/
Hemptead712/
Emptis671/
Embti5512/
Impti552/
Impty550/
Enpty550/
Hembta503/
Himpti501/

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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 Empter
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