Heptner Surname

447,670th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 761 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Heptner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Heptner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5631:142,99417,265
United States1731:2,095,138133,172
Czechia151:708,89864,682
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Heptner Last Name Facts

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

The last name Heptner occurs most in Germany. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Heptner.

How Common Is The Last Name Heptner? popularity and diffusion

Heptner is the 447,670th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 9,576,276 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 77 percent of Heptner reside; 75 percent reside in Western Europe and 75 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is held by 563 people, or 1 in 142,994. In Germany Heptner is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 31 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 18 percent are found and Bavaria, where 17 percent are found. Excluding Germany it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 23 percent are found and Czechia, where 2 percent are found.

Heptner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Heptner has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Heptner surname expanded 1,236 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Heptner Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Heptner last name are 0.099999999999994% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 53.13% registered to vote for the party.

Heptner earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 7.75% less than the national average, earning $39,805 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hoeptner9371/
Heiptner930/
Höptner86202/
Geptner867/
Haptner861/
Hoptner861/
Jeptner860/
Heptnerová8215/
Aptner7710/
Optner774/
Giptner7158/
Jiptner7155/
Eptna670/
Eiptna621/
Gibtner5725/

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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 Heptner
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