Pepin Surname
Approximately 25,198 people bear this surname
Pepin Surname Definition:
The common French Pepin, Pépin: 1 from the O.L.Ger. Pip(p)in (cp. the Anglo-Saxon Pippen and Dutch Pippin) [prob. a diminutive nickname from the onomatopoetic word seen in mod. Low German and Dutch piepen, Dano-Norwegian pipe, Swedish pipa (pip, a chirp, whistle), French pépier, piper, Latin pipare, Greek πιππίζειν to pip, chirp, squeak, whistle] (occasionally) 2 the Old French pepin (cp.
Read More About This SurnamePepin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 11,602 | 1:3,176 | 400 |
| United States | 6,105 | 1:59,371 | 7,018 |
| France | 5,939 | 1:11,184 | 1,102 |
| Dominican Republic | 454 | 1:22,980 | 1,485 |
| Thailand | 229 | 1:308,464 | 53,166 |
| England | 148 | 1:376,473 | 26,505 |
| Belgium | 137 | 1:83,917 | 13,161 |
| Russia | 93 | 1:1,549,710 | 104,953 |
| Spain | 60 | 1:779,201 | 32,544 |
| Philippines | 48 | 1:2,109,130 | 121,847 |
| Venezuela | 38 | 1:794,844 | 12,955 |
| Argentina | 32 | 1:1,335,732 | 76,713 |
| French Polynesia | 25 | 1:11,232 | 2,339 |
| Australia | 24 | 1:1,124,821 | 62,883 |
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| New Caledonia | 16 | 1:17,264 | 4,719 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| Ivory Coast | 13 | 1:1,774,710 | 34,235 |
| Ecuador | 12 | 1:1,325,487 | 16,904 |
| Luxembourg | 11 | 1:52,777 | 6,102 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Serbia | 10 | 1:714,495 | 24,752 |
| Scotland | 10 | 1:535,382 | 20,332 |
| Mexico | 9 | 1:13,791,801 | 45,470 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Denmark | 9 | 1:627,191 | 36,734 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Puerto Rico | 9 | 1:394,460 | 3,042 |
| New Zealand | 5 | 1:905,665 | 45,114 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Mauritius | 4 | 1:323,354 | 10,053 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 49 | 1:497,457 | 27,315 |
| Jersey | 40 | 1:1,297 | 203 |
| Guernsey | 3 | 1:10,885 | 1,562 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 344 | 1:145,985 | 13,636 |
The alternate forms: Pépin (544), Pepín (8) & Pèpin (3) are calculated separately.
Pepin (2,203) may also be a first name.
Pepin Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
The common French Pepin, Pépin: 1 from the O.L.Ger. Pip(p)in (cp. the Anglo-Saxon Pippen and Dutch Pippin) [prob. a diminutive nickname from the onomatopoetic word seen in mod. Low German and Dutch piepen, Dano-Norwegian pipe, Swedish pipa (pip, a chirp, whistle), French pépier, piper, Latin pipare, Greek πιππίζειν to pip, chirp, squeak, whistle] (occasionally) 2 the Old French pepin (cp. mod. pépiniériste), a gardener, nurseryman [apparently from Latin pepo. a melon: cp. the Norman Dialectal pepin, 'an apple raised from seed'] Pepin is one of the most important names in early mediæval French history. Pepin of Landen (Brabant)—d. A.D. 640 —was the progenitor of the Carolingian dynasty; his grandson was Pepin le Gros. Pepin le Bref was the father of Charlemagne; and Pepin, King of Italy, was a son of Charlemagne.
William Pepin.—Hundred Rolls
Osbert, William, Nicholas, Osbert Pepin, Normandy 1180- 95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Richard, William P. Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).
Pepin Demographics
Average Male Pepin Height
175.84 cm
Average Female Pepin Height
162.4 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Pepin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pepin Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pepin (Hindi: पेपीं, Marathi: पेपीन, Russian: Пепин) occurs most in Canada. It may also occur as a variant: Pépin, Pepín or Pèpin. Click here for further potential spellings of Pepin.
How Common Is The Last Name Pepin? popularity and diffusion
Pepin is the 21,605th most widely held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 289,211 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 72 percent of Pepin reside; 69 percent reside in North America and 41 percent reside in Gallo-North America. Pepin is also the 159,424th most common first name in the world, borne by 2,203 people.
The surname Pepin is most commonly held in Canada, where it is borne by 11,602 people, or 1 in 3,176. In Canada Pepin is mostly concentrated in: Quebec, where 90 percent live, Ontario, where 7 percent live and British Columbia, where 1 percent live. Aside from Canada this surname exists in 72 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 24 percent live and France, where 24 percent live.
Pepin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Pepin has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 1,775 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 302 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 333 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Pepin Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Pepin last name is primarily Orthodox (75%) in Russia.
In The United States those holding the Pepin surname are 7.25% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 60.48% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Pepin earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 79.82% more than the national average, earning R 427,320 per year; in United States they earn 7.14% more than the national average, earning $46,231 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.67% less than the national average, earning $42,395 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pepin Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pepin in the Marathi language | ||
| पेपीन | pepina | 66.67 |
| पॅपीन | pepina | 16.67 |
| पेिपन | peipana | 16.67 |
| Pepin in the Hindi language | ||
| पेपीं | pepim | 43.75 |
| पेपिन | pepina | 43.75 |
| पेपीन | pepina | 12.5 |
| Pepin in the Russian language | ||
| Пепин | pepin | - |
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