Gerpen Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Gerpen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Gerpen (17) may also be a first name.
Gerpen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gerpen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gerpen occurs most in The United States. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gerpen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,360,413th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. Gerpen is primarily found in The Americas, where 56 percent of Gerpen live; 56 percent live in North America and 56 percent live in Anglo-North America. Gerpen is also the 2,694,839th most prevalent given name worldwide. It is borne by 17 people.
The surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 72,491,787. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Georgia, where 40 percent are found, Iowa, where 20 percent are found and South Dakota, where 20 percent are found. Beside The United States Gerpen exists in one country. It also occurs in Germany, where 44 percent are found.
Gerpen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gerpen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Gerpen last name increased 167 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erpen | 91 | 767 | / |
| Serpen | 83 | 1,065 | / |
| Herpen | 83 | 244 | / |
| Garpen | 83 | 34 | / |
| Erhpen | 83 | 3 | / |
| Gerpin | 83 | 2 | / |
| Erppen | 83 | 1 | / |
| Erpn | 80 | 1 | / |
| Guerpin | 77 | 127 | / |
| Garpehn | 77 | 21 | / |
| Guirpen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sierpen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Garpuen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gerping | 77 | 1 | / |
| Greppen | 77 | 0 | / |
| Erpin | 73 | 198 | / |
| Irpen | 73 | 18 | / |
| Erpén | 73 | 3 | / |
| Erpem | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sierpien | 71 | 101 | / |
| Cherpeng | 71 | 1 | / |
| Herpin | 67 | 3,510 | / |
| Erpina | 67 | 908 | / |
| Serpin | 67 | 879 | / |
| Yorpen | 67 | 528 | / |
| Grepin | 67 | 163 | / |
| Garpin | 67 | 134 | / |
| Schjerpen | 67 | 109 | / |
| Gorpin | 67 | 94 | / |
| Erping | 67 | 41 | / |
| Grepne | 67 | 18 | / |
| Iorpen | 67 | 17 | / |
| Girpin | 67 | 10 | / |
| Earpin | 67 | 6 | / |
| Cerpin | 67 | 3 | / |
| Jerpin | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sirpen | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jirpen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Järpen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Serpyn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Srepen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Herrpn | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Gerpen
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