Kappner Surname

828,895th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 334 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Kappner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kappner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2121:379,74335,740
United States751:4,832,786249,377
Austria321:266,10730,958
Mexico81:15,515,77647,773
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

The alternate forms: Käppner (264) are calculated separately.

Kappner Last Name Facts

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

Kappner occurs most in Germany. It can also be rendered as a variant: Käppner. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kappner? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kappner is the 828,895th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 21,819,000 people. The surname Kappner occurs mostly in Europe, where 75 percent of Kappner live; 74 percent live in Western Europe and 74 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 212 people, or 1 in 379,743. In Germany it is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 42 percent reside, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 26 percent reside and Bavaria, where 11 percent reside. Besides Germany this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 22 percent reside and Austria, where 10 percent reside.

Kappner Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kappner last name are 20.1% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 73.33% registered to vote for the party.

Kappner earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 12.04% more than the national average, earning $48,342 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Käppner95264/
Kaeppner9385/
Kapner92524/
Keppner86603/
Köppner8673/
Koppner8618/
Kapnere868/
Kaspner863/
Cappner861/
Kaupner861/
Kaphner861/
Koeppner802/
Kepner773,121/
Capner77329/
Kopner7759/
Köpfner7114/
Khepner719/
Koepner718/
Caspner712/
Kephner711/
Keepner710/
Keepfner670/
Copner62227/
Kepnir620/

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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 Kappner
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