Lappé Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Lappé Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lappé Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany271:2,981,684140,707
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

The alternate forms: Lappe (4,567) are calculated separately.

Lappé Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lappé occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Lappe. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lappé? popularity and diffusion

The last name Lappé is the 3,185,033rd most frequently held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 84 percent of Lappé live; 79 percent live in Western Europe and 79 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most prevalent in Germany, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 2,981,684. In Germany it is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 78 percent live, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 15 percent live and Bavaria, where 4 percent live. Other than Germany it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent live and Sweden, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lappe934,567/
Lapé894/
Lappa803,453/
Lappi802,281/
Lappy80529/
Lapip80488/
Lapep80145/
Lippé8062/
Loppé8021/
Laspé804/
Lappí802/
Lappá801/
Lapée801/
Lappay732,414/
Lapper73615/
Lauppe73425/
Liappi73133/
Lappie7375/
Liappa7373/
Lappey7323/
Lappee7319/
Lappai7318/
Lapeap7318/
Lappis7312/
Lappea739/
Lappez739/
Lyappe738/
Llappa736/
Lhapip734/
Lappyt734/
Lapeep733/
Lappet732/
Lauppi732/
Lappes732/
Laippy732/
Hlappa731/
Laippe731/
Lappoa731/
Lauppa731/
Laippa731/
Lapaip731/
Lappha731/
Lappid731/
Lappio731/
Leappe730/
Lapa6728,863/
Lape678,738/
Lapi675,256/
Liappis67338/
Lahuppe67124/
Lapy6799/
Laiuppa6797/
Laupper6779/
Liappes6736/
Lappich6717/
Lappitt6711/
Liyappa6710/
Lapphit677/
Leappes673/
Lopé673/
Lapppay672/
Lapá672/
Laippie671/
Lepé671/
Liauppa671/
Lajappa671/
Lauppee670/
Lapperr670/
Leapper670/
Lappuis670/

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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 Lappé
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