Personen Surname

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

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Belarus

Personen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Personen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Personen (13) may also be a first name.

Personen Last Name Facts

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

Personen is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Personen? popularity and diffusion

The last name Personen is the 5,812,366th most commonly occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name Personen occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 82 percent of Personen reside; 82 percent reside in North America and 82 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Personen is also the 3,159,357th most commonly held first name in the world, held by 13 people.

This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 40,273,215. In The United States Personen is most numerous in: Ohio, where 56 percent live, Connecticut, where 11 percent live and Illinois, where 11 percent live. Aside from The United States this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Belarus, where 9 percent live and Germany, where 9 percent live.

Personen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Personen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Personen last name increased 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Personen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Personen last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered with the political party.

Personen earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 12.05% less than the national average, earning $37,950 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 Personen
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