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
Average Male Opper Height
177.63 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Opper Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Opper Come From? nationality or country of origin
Opper (Russian: Оппер) occurs most in Germany. It can also occur in the variant forms: Öpper. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Opper? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 142,011th most prevalent family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 2,323,835 people. The surname Opper 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. It is also the 501,377th most frequently occurring forename at a global level, held by 308 people.
The surname Opper is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 1,611 people, or 1 in 49,972. In Germany Opper is mostly found in: Hesse, where 68 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 12 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 11 percent are found. Barring Germany Opper is found in 25 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 40 percent are found and Canada, where 5 percent are found.
Opper Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Opper has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Opper surname increased 745 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Opper Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Opper last name are 3.75% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50.52% registered with the 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
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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 Opper
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