Napkin Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Marshall Islands

Napkin Surname Definition:

Many years since a Sussex foundling, who had been exposed in a napkin near a brook, received the designation of Napkin Brooker. Whether the surname originated in some similar manner I cannot say.

Napkin 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
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Marshall Islands21:25,9101,967
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England351:696,43933,013
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Napkin Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Many years since a Sussex foundling, who had been exposed in a napkin near a brook, received the designation of Napkin Brooker. Whether the surname originated in some similar manner I cannot say.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower
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Napkin Demographics

Average Napkin Salary in
United States

$18,792 USD

Per year
Rank:
1,123,142 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
6.61021E-7
Rank: 1,147,278 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
43.55%
Sample size: 3 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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Napkin Last Name Facts

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

Napkin (Russian: Напкин) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Napkin? popularity and diffusion

The last name Napkin is the 4,307,654th most common surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name Napkin occurs mostly in The Americas, where 38 percent of Napkin reside; 38 percent reside in North America and 38 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 51,779,848. In The United States it is primarily found in: Texas, where 57 percent live, California, where 14 percent live and New Jersey, where 14 percent live. Not including The United States this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 24 percent live and The Marshall Islands, where 10 percent live.

Napkin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Napkin has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Napkin last name rose 175 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Napkin Last Name Statistics demography

Napkin earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 56.45% less than the national average, earning $18,792 USD per year.

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
Napking929/
Napkina922/
Naupkin920/
Napken8323/
Nepkin8313/
Navkin834/
Nopkin830/
Nabkina772/
Napkgne771/
Novkin6730/
Nepken672/
Nopkeng62138/
Napchen6211/
Nephken621/
Neibkin620/
Nahavkyn573/
Novkyn504/
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Napkin Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Napkin in the Russian language
Напкинnapkin-

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Napkin
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