Esper Surname
Approximately 5,903 people bear this surname
Esper Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,635 | 1:221,687 | 21,482 |
| Argentina | 1,201 | 1:35,590 | 2,974 |
| Brazil | 1,127 | 1:189,951 | 7,327 |
| Germany | 590 | 1:136,450 | 16,592 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Jordan | 194 | 1:45,580 | 4,784 |
| Mexico | 167 | 1:743,271 | 11,182 |
| Philippines | 129 | 1:784,792 | 75,887 |
| France | 118 | 1:562,904 | 76,109 |
| Iran | 106 | 1:724,363 | 37,588 |
| Chile | 74 | 1:238,060 | 7,251 |
| Canada | 51 | 1:722,463 | 57,796 |
| United Arab Emirates | 49 | 1:186,985 | 12,996 |
| Colombia | 36 | 1:1,327,058 | 10,324 |
| Israel | 34 | 1:251,695 | 22,987 |
| Lebanon | 32 | 1:176,159 | 7,943 |
| Sweden | 21 | 1:468,893 | 33,666 |
| Russia | 16 | 1:9,007,691 | 311,782 |
| Saint Lucia | 15 | 1:11,919 | 1,145 |
| Panama | 11 | 1:355,660 | 7,645 |
| Venezuela | 10 | 1:3,020,408 | 31,795 |
| Syria | 10 | 1:1,930,102 | 9,170 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Haiti | 4 | 1:2,670,977 | 16,453 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 126 | 1:398,561 | 29,579 |
The alternate forms: Ésper (2) & Espér (1) are calculated separately.
Esper (2,025) may also be a first name.
Esper Demographics
Esper Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
in Russia
Esper Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Esper Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Esper (Arabic: اسبير, Russian: Эспер) occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Ésper or Espér. For other potential spellings of Esper click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Esper? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 82,148th most commonly occurring family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,234,550 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 71 percent of Esper are found; 42 percent are found in South America and 26 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Esper is also the 167,810th most frequent given name globally. It is borne by 2,025 people.
This last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 1,635 people, or 1 in 221,687. In The United States it is primarily found in: Michigan, where 31 percent are found, Ohio, where 8 percent are found and Florida, where 7 percent are found. Barring The United States Esper occurs in 59 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 20 percent are found and Brazil, where 19 percent are found.
Esper Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Esper has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Esper surname grew 1,298 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Esper Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Esper last name is predominantly Orthodox (75%) in Russia and Greek Orthodox (71%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Esper surname are 4.14% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 57.37% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Esper earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Colombia they earn 4.5% less than the national average, earning $21,679,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 2.71% more than the national average, earning $44,318 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.9% less than the national average, earning $48,244 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Esper Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Esper in the Russian language | ||
| Эспер | esper | - |
| Esper in the Arabic language | ||
| اسبير | asbyr | - |
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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 Esper
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