Kerpen Surname
Approximately 677 people bear this surname
Kerpen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 361 | 1:223,007 | 24,973 |
| Brazil | 153 | 1:1,399,179 | 47,255 |
| United States | 59 | 1:6,143,372 | 295,589 |
| Hungary | 31 | 1:316,654 | 23,519 |
| France | 20 | 1:3,321,136 | 213,627 |
| Netherlands | 18 | 1:938,176 | 63,634 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19 | 1:2,643,089 | 124,494 |
Kerpen Demographics
Average Kerpen Salary in
United States
$42,146 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kerpen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kerpen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kerpen (Russian: Керпен) is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kerpen? popularity and diffusion
Kerpen is the 489,550th most widely held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 10,764,470 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 66 percent of Kerpen are found; 60 percent are found in Western Europe and 57 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 361 people, or 1 in 223,007. In Germany Kerpen is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 44 percent live, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 28 percent live and Hesse, where 9 percent live. Aside from Germany Kerpen is found in 22 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 23 percent live and The United States, where 9 percent live.
Kerpen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kerpen has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 311 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kerpen Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Kerpen last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.
Kerpen earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.32% less than the national average, earning $42,146 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kerpaen | 92 | 7 | / |
| Kerpienė | 86 | 278 | / |
| Keirppen | 86 | 0 | / |
| Koerppen | 86 | 0 | / |
| Karpen | 83 | 1,112 | / |
| Korpen | 83 | 50 | / |
| Kerpin | 83 | 15 | / |
| Kirpen | 83 | 4 | / |
| Krepen | 83 | 1 | / |
| Körpen | 83 | 1 | / |
| Karpfen | 77 | 47 | / |
| Kreppen | 77 | 26 | / |
| Karpien | 77 | 21 | / |
| Körppen | 77 | 19 | / |
| Korpien | 77 | 2 | / |
| Korppen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kharpen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kerpina | 77 | 1 | / |
| Karpienė | 71 | 74 | / |
| Kairpeng | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kirpienė | 71 | 1 | / |
| Karppien | 71 | 1 | / |
| Carpen | 67 | 2,169 | / |
| Karpin | 67 | 1,863 | / |
| Karpyn | 67 | 1,448 | / |
| Corpen | 67 | 140 | / |
| Kirpin | 67 | 75 | / |
| Krepin | 67 | 51 | / |
| Korpin | 67 | 35 | / |
| Korpyn | 67 | 6 | / |
| Krepyn | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kyrpyn | 67 | 4 | / |
| Cerpin | 67 | 3 | / |
Kerpen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kerpen in the Russian language | ||
| Керпен | kerpen | - |
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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 Kerpen
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