Pepel Surname

396,198th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 890 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Pepel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pepel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia2771:520,30047,524
Poland2651:143,42920,662
United States711:5,105,055259,233
Romania671:299,67027,018
Ukraine541:843,01383,340
Slovenia421:59,2309,095
Germany261:3,096,364143,912
Papua New Guinea211:388,27250,829
Belarus141:678,64756,781
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
Kazakhstan81:2,210,31295,036
Slovakia71:762,35073,078
Denmark71:806,38843,211
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
France21:33,211,361423,184
England21:27,859,030389,889
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

The alternate forms: Pépel (12) are calculated separately.

Pepel (83) may also be a first name.

Pepel Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pepel (Georgian: პეპელ, Oriya: େପେପଲ, Russian: Пепел) is found in Russia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as: Pépel. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pepel? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 396,198th most commonly occurring family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 8,188,254 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 78 percent of Pepel live; 68 percent live in Eastern Europe and 31 percent live in West Slavic Europe. Pepel is also the 1,052,971st most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 83 people.

The surname is most common in Russia, where it is carried by 277 people, or 1 in 520,300. In Russia Pepel is primarily found in: Moscow, where 21 percent are found, Murmansk Oblast, where 14 percent are found and Saint Petersburg, where 8 percent are found. Beside Russia this last name is found in 29 countries. It also occurs in Poland, where 30 percent are found and The United States, where 8 percent are found.

Pepel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Pepel has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Pepel last name grew 1,775 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Pepel Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Orthodox (87%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Pepel surname are 12.48% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 34.29% being registered with the party.

Pepel earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.34% more than the national average, earning $43,297 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pépel9312/
Peppel911,497/
Piepel91251/
Poepel9110/
Peipel913/
Paepel912/
Pespel911/
Peupel911/
Peapel910/
Pepl8978/
Poeppel83650/
Peapell83137/
Peppell8330/
Paeppel831/
Phepell830/
Papel804,573/
Popel802,737/
Pöpel80149/
Pepil8045/
Pipel8031/
Poepl8022/
Peppl8010/
Pypel802/
Päpel801/
Pepeł801/
Peipl800/
Piepl800/
Pepelova77181/
Pepelová777/
Peeppell770/
Popiel735,510/
Pöppel731,644/
Poppel731,086/
Pippel73635/
Pappel73557/
Papell73233/
Pepiol73163/
Peipil7353/
Popell7352/
Poeppl7347/
Pöpelt7330/
Peplet734/
Paeppl733/
Pipiel733/
Phipel731/
Peepil731/
Peppil730/
Poppell671,496/
Peplova67240/
Popl67113/
Pipl6796/
Pöpl6796/
Popiell6735/
Papl6723/
Poppiel6710/
Pappell671/
Paipele671/
Peplová671/
Popeell670/
Pippell670/

Pepel Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pepel in the Georgian language
პეპელpepel-
Pepel in the Oriya language
େପେପଲepepala-
Pepel in the Russian language
Пепелpepel-

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Pepel
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