Papenhagen Surname

688,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 430 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Curaçao

Papenhagen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Papenhagen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3131:257,20627,662
United States951:3,815,357209,650
South Africa161:3,386,106119,139
El Salvador21:3,171,9446,376
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Papenhagen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Papenhagen has its highest incidence in Germany. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Papenhagen.

How Common Is The Last Name Papenhagen? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 688,723rd most widely held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,947,781 people. Papenhagen is mostly found in Europe, where 73 percent of Papenhagen are found; 73 percent are found in Western Europe and 73 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Papenhagen is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 313 people, or 1 in 257,206. In Germany Papenhagen is mostly concentrated in: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 75 percent live, Hamburg, where 9 percent live and Schleswig-Holstein, where 5 percent live. Beside Germany this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 22 percent live and South Africa, where 4 percent live.

Papenhagen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Papenhagen has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 950 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Papenhagen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Papenhagen last name are 7.48% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60.71% registered with the party.

The amount Papenhagen earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 105.52% more than the national average, earning R 488,388 per year and in United States they earn 14% more than the national average, earning $49,189 USD per year.

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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 Papenhagen
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