Kerpely Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Kerpely Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kerpely Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary121:818,02342,199
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kerpely Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kerpely is carried by more people in Hungary than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kerpely? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,213,395th most frequently held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 86 percent of Kerpely are found; 86 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 86 percent are found in Hungaro-Europe.

The surname Kerpely is most frequent in Hungary, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 818,023. In Hungary it is most frequent in: Budapest, where 100 percent reside. Other than Hungary Kerpely exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 7 percent reside and The United States, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kerpeli8626/
Krepely862/
Kerpele861/
Kerpelis8050/
Kerpeles805/
Cherpely801/
Kerpelets7519/
Karpeli7145/
Körpeli7128/
Korpeli7124/
Krepele7110/
Korpele7110/
Karpele715/
Körpöly712/
Kerpole711/
Korpaly711/
Korpeleh6716/
Kerppilä6715/
Karpelee675/
Kerppila671/
Karpeele671/
Karpeleh671/

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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 Kerpely
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