Körpi Surname

1,173,425th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 203 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Körpi Surname User-submission:

This surname is actually a typo. Back when people are getting surnames for themselves, after the Surname Law in Turkey, some citizens wanted the surname Köprü. Since Turkish was not as educated as they are right now, government officers accidentally typed it as Körpi.

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Körpi Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey2021:385,25523,665
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

The alternate forms: Korpi (4,549) are calculated separately.

Körpi Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname is actually a typo. Back when people are getting surnames for themselves, after the Surname Law in Turkey, some citizens wanted the surname Köprü. Since Turkish was not as educated as they are right now, government officers accidentally typed it as Körpi.

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Körpi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Körpi is borne by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Korpi. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Körpi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Körpi is the 1,173,425th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 35,899,241 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 82 percent of Körpi live; 82 percent live in West Asia and 82 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Turkey, where it is held by 202 people, or 1 in 385,255. In Turkey Körpi is most numerous in: Istanbul Province, where 23 percent live, Osmaniye Province, where 13 percent live and Elazig Province, where 12 percent live. Besides Turkey it occurs in one country. It is also common in Germany, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Korpi934,549/
Körpe804,617/
Karpi80510/
Kerpi8064/
Kêrpi802/
Karppi731,114/
Körper73766/
Karpyi73569/
Korppi73369/
Körpeş73342/
Korpai73247/
Karpiy73124/
Karpie7399/
Kharpi7396/
Karpai7361/
Karpei7320/
Karpij7315/
Korpoi7315/
Korpie7313/
Karphi734/
Korpiy734/
Kerpyi733/
Kerpai732/
Körpez732/
Kerpiy732/
Körpes731/
Karpoi731/
Kharpai672/
Korpieh671/
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Körpi
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