Papenberg Surname

394,201st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 896 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Papenberg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Papenberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany6981:115,33714,205
United States1731:2,095,138133,172
Austria131:655,03358,041
France21:33,211,361423,184
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
England11:55,718,059489,080
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States211:2,391,366115,093

Papenberg Last Name Facts

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

Papenberg is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Papenberg? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 394,201st most widespread last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 8,133,422 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 80 percent of Papenberg live; 80 percent live in Western Europe and 79 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently used in Germany, where it is held by 698 people, or 1 in 115,337. In Germany Papenberg is most prevalent in: Lower Saxony, where 49 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 28 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 8 percent live. Besides Germany this surname occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 19 percent live and Austria, where 1 percent live.

Papenberg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Papenberg has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Papenberg last name expanded 824 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Papenberg Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Papenberg surname are 1.67% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 54.9% being registered to vote for the party.

Papenberg earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 30.58% more than the national average, earning $56,343 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pappenberg9525/
Papenburg89497/
Papenborg89155/
Popenberg8913/
Poppenberg84271/
Peapenburg8417/
Pappenburg841/
Papemborg782/
Poppenborg74223/
Poppenburg7459/
Peipenburg741/
Papembourg741/
Peppenburg740/
Peipenburgh700/

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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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  • 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 Papenberg
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