Napson Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Napson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Napson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
England51:11,143,612252,590
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Napson (105) may also be a first name.

Napson Last Name Facts

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

Napson is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Napson? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,602,217th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. The last name Napson is mostly found in The Americas, where 33 percent of Napson are found; 33 percent are found in North America and 33 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 920,134th most widely held given name on earth, held by 105 people.

Napson is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 36,245,893. In The United States it is mostly found in: Pennsylvania, where 70 percent reside, California, where 10 percent reside and Florida, where 10 percent reside. Aside from The United States this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 20 percent reside and England, where 17 percent reside.

Napson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Napson has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Napson last name increased 200 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 55 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Napson Last Name Statistics demography

Napson earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 18.42% less than the national average, earning $35,200 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nopson8365/
Napsan8349/
Napsun8330/
Nabson8321/
Nopsong7730/
Napsaun774/
Napsian773/
Napsand771/
Nhopson771/
Neipson771/
Nopsun67136/
Nopsen6710/
Nobson675/
Nabsan673/
Navsan671/
Nopchon62609/
Neipsan62213/
Napchan6288/
Navseen623/
Nopsang621/
Nabsane621/
Nopszen621/
Nopsian621/
Naubsan620/
Neipssan571/
Novzen5015/
Nopsam504/
Nabsam501/

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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 Napson
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