Marpeau Surname

1,321,499th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 170 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Marpeau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Marpeau Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1661:400,13758,863
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jersey21:25,9413,069

Marpeau Last Name Facts

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

The surname Marpeau is carried by more people in France than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Marpeau? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,321,499th most commonly used surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 42,867,917 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Marpeau reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

Marpeau is most commonly occurring in France, where it is carried by 166 people, or 1 in 400,137. In France Marpeau is most frequent in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 31 percent reside, Pays de la Loire, where 28 percent reside and Île-de-France, where 14 percent reside. Apart from France this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 1 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Marpeah861/
Marpia7717/
Marpiah71204/
Marpoju711/
Marpias711/
Marpijay674/
Marphius671/
Morpoju5723/
Morphia571/
Morphius531/
Morphias531/

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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 Marpeau
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