Ophem Surname

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

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Ophem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ophem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands341:496,68247,398
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ophem Last Name Facts

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

Ophem is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ophem? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,185,033rd most widespread family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. Ophem is primarily found in Europe, where 95 percent of Ophem are found; 89 percent are found in Western Europe and 89 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 496,682. In The Netherlands Ophem is most frequent in: North Holland, where 50 percent live, South Holland, where 41 percent live and Flevoland, where 3 percent live. Aside from The Netherlands this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 3 percent live and Norway, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Opheim912,788/
Opehem9111/
Ophiem912/
Opem89220/
Oppheim83116/
Oppehem830/
Opiem80116/
Opeme8022/
Ophen8012/
Ephem8010/
Opeem805/
Gopem804/
Ophim803/
Oppem802/
Aphem802/
Hoppheim770/
Otphim73316/
Ophime7319/
Opheen7314/
Ophein733/
Epheim733/
Hophen732/
Ophien731/
Epehem731/
Euphem731/
Gopemm731/
Ophene731/
Osphen731/
Hoppem731/
Hofhem730/
Epheam730/
Ofem6722,300/
Epem672,095/
Apem67749/
Aspheim67128/
Opim6730/
Offheim6729/
Hophine674/
Hofheim672/
Ouphine672/
Oppenhe671/
Opym671/
Oypetem671/
Hosphen670/
Hofhiem670/

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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 Ophem
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