Erpels Surname

1,484,726th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 142 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Erpels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Erpels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1391:82,71012,998
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Erpels Last Name Facts

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

The last name Erpels is most common in Belgium. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Erpels? popularity and diffusion

The last name Erpels is the 1,484,726th most frequently held last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 51,320,746 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Erpels live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Erpels is most frequently used in Belgium, where it is borne by 139 people, or 1 in 82,710. In Belgium Erpels is most common in: Flemish Region, where 99 percent reside and Walloon Region, where 1 percent reside. Not including Belgium it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 1 percent reside and Thailand, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Herpels9267/
Arpels8344/
Erbels830/
Erpiles773/
Harpels772/
Arpeles771/
Erpalsa771/
Arapeles7196/
Arapelis713/
Arpelius711/
Arpelles711/
Arpals674/
Orbels672/
Arapellis671/
Arapelles671/
Orples671/
Arples670/

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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
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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 Erpels
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