Paepen Surname

713,660th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 410 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Paepen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Paepen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium3801:30,2544,894
Germany231:3,500,237154,763
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Paepen Last Name Facts

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

Paepen occurs more in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Paepen? popularity and diffusion

The surname Paepen is the 713,660th most frequently held surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,774,502 people. The surname Paepen occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Paepen live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Paepen is most prevalent in Belgium, where it is carried by 380 people, or 1 in 30,254. In Belgium Paepen is primarily concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 95 percent reside, Walloon Region, where 4 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Belgium this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 6 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Paepeng921/
Papen911,478/
Pepen911,162/
Pappen83628/
Paapen8329/
Peppen8322/
Pepien8318/
Papoen8314/
Papehn8311/
Papien835/
Paypen832/
Piepen831/
Peypen831/
Papuen831/
Papn8031/
Peyapen773/
Papienė772/
Peipeng771/
Peppien771/
Pepin7325,198/
Papin7316,775/
Popen73164/
Pepén7370/
Papín738/
Pepyn735/
Pappn733/
Pephn730/
Peuchpen712/
Payapend712/
Peadpeng712/
Peutpeng711/
Poppen672,294/
Peppin671,011/
Pappin67973/
Popien67227/
Popehn6781/
Paipin6771/
Paupin6743/
Pappyn6730/
Pijpen6727/
Poepin6724/
Pepijn678/
Phopen672/
Phapin671/
Puepin671/
Paypin671/
Papijn671/
Pöppen671/
Peepin671/
Puypen671/
Poupen670/

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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 Paepen
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