Kappen Surname
Approximately 2,630 people bear this surname
Kappen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 980 | 1:82,148 | 10,374 |
| Netherlands | 807 | 1:20,926 | 3,316 |
| United States | 559 | 1:648,406 | 52,026 |
| India | 135 | 1:5,681,966 | 136,010 |
| England | 31 | 1:1,797,357 | 72,927 |
| Wales | 25 | 1:123,781 | 9,267 |
| Canada | 20 | 1:1,842,280 | 119,096 |
| Australia | 18 | 1:1,499,761 | 75,721 |
| United Arab Emirates | 14 | 1:654,448 | 24,061 |
| Sweden | 14 | 1:703,340 | 52,204 |
| Israel | 7 | 1:1,222,519 | 68,299 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 64 | 1:784,667 | 49,209 |
The alternate forms: Kãppen (1) are calculated separately.
Kappen Demographics
Average Kappen Salary in
United States
$48,497 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kappen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kappen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kappen (Russian: Каппен) is found most in Germany. It can be found in the variant forms: Kãppen. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kappen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 164,822nd most commonly held last name globally, held by around 1 in 2,770,930 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 71 percent of Kappen reside; 68 percent reside in Western Europe and 68 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
Kappen is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 980 people, or 1 in 82,148. In Germany it is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 64 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 15 percent live and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 6 percent live. Barring Germany it is found in 24 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 31 percent live and The United States, where 21 percent live.
Kappen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kappen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kappen surname increased 873 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kappen Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Kappen surname are 21.26% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 68.03% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Kappen earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 12.39% more than the national average, earning $48,497 USD per year and in Canada they earn 43.08% more than the national average, earning $71,084 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kappen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kappen in the Russian language | ||
| Каппен | kappen | - |
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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 Kappen
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