Larpent Surname

1,025,894th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 246 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
New Caledonia

Larpent Surname Definition:

French arpent, an acre of land. L'arpent, "the acre." It is not very easy to account for its adoption as a surname, though there are analogies in Halfacre, Fouracre, and other family names.

Larpent Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France2011:330,46149,960
Australia191:1,420,82673,129
England171:3,277,533109,658
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
Wales21:784,20816,349

Larpent Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

French arpent, an acre of land. L'arpent, "the acre." It is not very easy to account for its adoption as a surname, though there are analogies in Halfacre, Fouracre, and other family names.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Larpent Last Name Facts

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

The surname Larpent is more frequently found in France than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Larpent? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,025,894th most frequent surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 29,624,170 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 89 percent of Larpent live; 82 percent live in Western Europe and 82 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

Larpent is most frequently occurring in France, where it is held by 201 people, or 1 in 330,461. In France Larpent is most frequent in: Centre-Val de Loire, where 63 percent reside, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 12 percent reside and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 6 percent reside. Aside from France this surname is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 8 percent reside and England, where 7 percent reside.

Larpent Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Larpent has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name increased 283 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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