Kaupang Surname

685,266th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 433 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Kaupang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kaupang Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway2691:19,1162,418
United States1141:3,179,464183,182
Papua New Guinea221:370,62448,900
South Africa161:3,386,106119,139
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Kaupang (14) may also be a first name.

Kaupang Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kaupang occurs most in Norway. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kaupang.

How Common Is The Last Name Kaupang? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kaupang is the 685,266th most frequently held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 16,830,360 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 65 percent of Kaupang reside; 65 percent reside in Northern Europe and 65 percent reside in Scandinavia. It is also the 3,024,661st most common first name globally, borne by 14 people.

The last name is most widely held in Norway, where it is borne by 269 people, or 1 in 19,116. In Norway Kaupang is most common in: Eastern Norway, where 90 percent reside, Western Norway, where 4 percent reside and Southern Norway, where 3 percent reside. Aside from Norway this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 26 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent reside.

Kaupang Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Kaupang has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Kaupang last name increased 1,629 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kaupang Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Kaupang surname are 14.63% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 67.86% registered with the party.

The amount Kaupang earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 23.76% more than the national average, earning 428,298 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 15.13% less than the national average, earning R 201,684 per year and in United States they earn 14.05% less than the national average, earning $37,088 USD per year.

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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 Kaupang
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