Orpen Surname

337,747th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,090 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Orpen Surname Definition:

The family of Orpen or Erpen is of remote antiquity, and is stated to be derived from Erpen, a French noble of royal descent.' Such is the statement in Burke's Landed Gentry, though the pedigree as there given does not go further back than the 16th century (v.

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Orpen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2891:187,46620,414
United States2551:1,421,40897,813
England1931:288,69522,251
Canada1341:274,96725,811
Ireland611:77,1964,645
Lesotho461:44,1867,268
Turkey341:2,288,86574,619
Australia261:1,038,29659,744
Zimbabwe181:857,68057,134
New Zealand121:377,36028,765
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Wales41:773,63329,106
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
France21:33,211,361423,184
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland611:72,6215,284
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1141:213,81916,577
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States351:1,434,82077,606

Orpen (65) may also be a first name.

Orpen Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

The family of Orpen or Erpen is of remote antiquity, and is stated to be derived from Erpen, a French noble of royal descent.' Such is the statement in Burke's Landed Gentry, though the pedigree as there given does not go further back than the 16th century (v. Lower's Patronymica Britannica).

1680. John Orpen and wife. List of the Inhabitants of St. Michael's, Barbadoes: Hotten's Lists of Emigrants.

1806. Married — Charles Orpin and Sarah Watson: St. George, Hanover Square.

1861. Married — William Orpin and Esther Cooper: Reg. Canterbury Cath.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

1 said to be French and to represent an earlier Erpen [perh. from the Continental Teutonic cognate of Old English earp, eorp, dark; with the French diminutive suff. -in] 2 descendants of the Anglo-Saxon Eorpwine = Swarthy Friend [Old English eorp, dark, swarthy + wine, friend]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

“Valiant”. From Old English “Orped”.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

"The family of Orpen or Erpen is of remote antiquity, and is stated to be derived from Erpen, a French noble of royal descent." Such is the statement in B.L.G., though the pedigree, as there given, does not go further back than the XVI. cent.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Orpen Last Name Facts

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

Orpen (Russian: Орпен) is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Orpen? popularity and diffusion

The last name Orpen is the 337,747th most common surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 6,685,822 people. The surname Orpen is primarily found in The Americas, where 36 percent of Orpen live; 36 percent live in North America and 35 percent live in Anglo-North America. Orpen is also the 1,212,820th most common first name world-wide, borne by 65 people.

This last name is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 289 people, or 1 in 187,466. In South Africa Orpen is primarily found in: Gauteng, where 34 percent live, Northern Cape, where 29 percent live and Western Cape, where 25 percent live. Barring South Africa this surname is found in 20 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 23 percent live and England, where 18 percent live.

Orpen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Orpen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Orpen last name expanded 729 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 169 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Orpen Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Anglican (61%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Orpen surname are 0.69% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 52.54% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Orpen earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 25.21% more than the national average, earning R 297,540 per year; in United States they earn 8.62% less than the national average, earning $39,430 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.3% more than the national average, earning $54,303 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Horpen9117/
Orpeng9110/
Orpeen914/
Orpaen911/
Orpn891/
Horpaen831/
Orpin802,753/
Erpen80767/
Arpen8073/
Orpne801/
Orpina73247/
Herpen73244/
Harpen73151/
Gorpin7394/
Horpin7394/
Garpen7334/
Arpent7312/
Erhpen733/
Erppen731/
Orpinn731/
Harpeng67129/
Garpehn6721/
Gorpina6717/
Erpn671/
Orpingh671/
Arpn671/

Orpen Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Orpen in the Russian language
Орпенorpen-

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