Pieper Surname

12,727th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44,121 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Pieper Surname Definition:

(German) One who whistled or played a pipe or fife, a piper.

Pieper Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany29,4771:2,731274
United States9,9461:36,4434,522
Netherlands1,4051:12,0191,699
Brazil6981:306,69711,831
Poland6611:57,5029,064
Australia4921:54,8696,729
Canada2771:133,01713,807
Thailand2261:312,55953,834
Switzerland1401:58,6647,379
France1171:567,71676,560
England1031:540,95233,556
Belgium751:153,28921,368
South Africa651:833,50355,653
Chile561:314,5808,983
Denmark541:104,5329,834
Austria501:170,30922,149
Spain481:974,00136,812
Argentina381:1,124,82767,975
Sweden261:378,72126,697
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Guam211:7,6251,143
Scotland201:267,69112,985
Ireland161:294,30910,207
Norway111:467,48139,375
Philippines91:11,248,691221,039
Estonia81:165,22626,217
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Venezuela51:6,040,81547,898
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
China21:683,660,78330,601
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland41:935,80421,348
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7251:69,2677,508

Pieper (100) may also be a first name.

Pieper Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) One who whistled or played a pipe or fife, a piper.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Pieper Last Name Facts

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

Pieper occurs most in Germany. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pieper? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 12,727th most commonly used family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 165,172 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 73 percent of Pieper live; 71 percent live in Western Europe and 70 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 946,056th most commonly held forename world-wide, held by 100 people.

The last name Pieper is most commonly held in Germany, where it is carried by 29,477 people, or 1 in 2,731. In Germany Pieper is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 44 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 19 percent live and Schleswig-Holstein, where 5 percent live. Beside Germany this last name exists in 54 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 23 percent live and The Netherlands, where 3 percent live.

Pieper Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Pieper has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Pieper last name grew 1,372 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 5,150 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 500 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 1,600 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Pieper Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Pieper surname are 21.94% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 68.71% registered with the party.

The amount Pieper earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 24.76% more than the national average, earning 431,769 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 89.95% more than the national average, earning R 451,404 per year; in United States they earn 10.47% more than the national average, earning $47,667 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.94% more than the national average, earning $53,133 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Piepert9226/
Piepper9219/
Piepier925/
Pieperz921/
Pfieper920/
Phieper920/
Piper9156,930/
Peper915,525/
Piepe9182/
Pepper8332,612/
Peyper831,463/
Pipher831,239/
Pijper83904/
Pipper83794/
Peiper83545/
Peeper83375/
Paeper83326/
Pepere83207/
Pipere83180/
Peaper83172/
Piiper8329/
Peperő8323/
Piepez8321/
Paiper8318/
Pepher8317/
Piepes8316/
Pisper8312/
Pioper8310/
Piepie8310/
Poeper839/
Phiper835/
Pepeer833/
Pepert833/
Pesper832/
Peperz832/
Pipert832/
Pepfer831/
Pipetr831/
Pfeper831/
Petper831/
Pieppe831/
Peperd830/
Piyper830/
Pieperová802/
Pippert771,133/
Peipert77178/
Peppert77113/
Pepperd7795/
Poepper7753/
Phipher7718/
Peppher7717/
Peijper7711/
Pipperr778/
Pippere776/
Pepperr773/
Pfisper773/
Pfeiper773/
Paiperd773/
Phipper772/
Peepper772/
Peipere772/
Puipert771/
Phepear771/
Pfesper771/
Pespere771/
Piedpet771/
Piepesh771/
Piipher771/
Payiepe771/
Peupert771/
Peypert771/
Puipper771/
Paepper771/
Peppere771/
Pipperd770/
Peperrd770/
Peipper770/
Pheiper770/
Pfipher770/
Pephert770/
Pipherd770/
Peepert770/
Pyper733,675/
Puper73261/
Päper73260/
Pipir73113/
Piepi7324/
Pepre7319/
Piepa734/
Püper731/
Pyepe731/
Piperova71113/
Peppeard7160/
Peperova7122/
Piperová718/
Pfeipfer712/
Paiyepea711/
Pheipher711/
Phaipher711/
Pfeipher710/
Peppherd710/
Pupier671,443/
Pauper67180/
Payper67119/
Pipier6796/
Pepier6759/
Poyper6740/
Phyper6737/
Päpper6732/
Pupper6720/
Peepre6718/
Pouper6716/
Puyper6715/
Pypher6710/
Pippir6710/
Pipperová676/
Pepperova673/
Peppre672/
Papeir672/
Pypper672/
Pupfer671/
Papear671/
Pipior671/
Piyope671/
Puperr671/
Piepha671/
Pupear671/
Pysper670/

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