Opper Surname
Approximately 3,136 people bear this surname
Opper Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,611 | 1:49,972 | 6,523 |
| United States | 1,244 | 1:291,366 | 27,026 |
| Canada | 145 | 1:254,108 | 24,080 |
| Estonia | 19 | 1:69,569 | 12,771 |
| South Africa | 19 | 1:2,851,458 | 109,033 |
| Argentina | 16 | 1:2,671,463 | 118,579 |
| Hungary | 16 | 1:613,517 | 35,830 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 167 | 1:300,711 | 23,854 |
The alternate forms: Öpper (3) are calculated separately.
Opper (308) may also be a first name.
Opper Demographics
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Opper Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Opper Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Opper (Russian: Оппер) is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: Öpper. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Opper? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 142,011th most commonly held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 2,323,835 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 54 percent of Opper are found; 52 percent are found in Western Europe and 51 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Opper is also the 501,377th most commonly held forename globally It is held by 308 people.
Opper is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 1,611 people, or 1 in 49,972. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Hesse, where 68 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 12 percent reside and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 11 percent reside. Apart from Germany this surname exists in 25 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 40 percent reside and Canada, where 5 percent reside.
Opper Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Opper has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Opper last name grew 745 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Opper Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Opper surname are 3.75% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50.52% registered with the political party.
The amount Opper earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 10.41% less than the national average, earning R 212,904 per year; in United States they earn 6.33% more than the national average, earning $45,879 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.9% more than the national average, earning $57,085 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Opper Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Opper in the Russian language | ||
| Оппер | opper | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Opper
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