Palper Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Palper Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palper Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands101:1,688,71881,846
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150

Palper Last Name Facts

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

The last name Palper is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Palper? popularity and diffusion

The surname Palper is the 5,812,366th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 91 percent of Palper live; 91 percent live in Western Europe and 91 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 1,688,718. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: Utrecht, where 90 percent are found and North Holland, where 10 percent are found. Aside from The Netherlands Palper occurs in one country. It also occurs in India, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Palpier9224/
Paulper921/
Palpe9110/
Phalpher8624/
Paalpere8615/
Pealpe831/
Palpep831/
Phalpe830/
Palpey830/
Phelper7710/
Paulpre777/
Polperp771/
Palpa731,905/
Palpi7331/
Polpe7327/
Palpy732/
Polppert711/
Polpre67128/
Polpet6727/
Polpea676/
Palpai673/
Poulpe673/
Pallpa672/
Pholpe671/
Palpfy671/
Palpis671/
Palpit671/
Palpoi671/
Palhpa671/
Paulpj671/
Polpey670/

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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 Palper
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