Popken Surname

237,286th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,692 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Suriname

Popken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Popken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany6071:132,62816,160
Netherlands5521:30,5935,081
United States4371:829,42563,547
Suriname641:8,6352,172
Argentina91:4,749,268159,873
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
England21:27,859,030389,889
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

The alternate forms: Pöpken (153) are calculated separately.

Popken Last Name Facts

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

The last name Popken (Russian: Попкен) is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: Pöpken. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Popken? popularity and diffusion

Popken is the 237,286th most frequent surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 4,307,060 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 69 percent of Popken live; 69 percent live in Western Europe and 69 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most common in Germany, where it is borne by 607 people, or 1 in 132,628. In Germany Popken is primarily concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 77 percent reside, Schleswig-Holstein, where 6 percent reside and Bremen, where 5 percent reside. Beside Germany this surname is found in 18 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 33 percent reside and The United States, where 26 percent reside.

Popken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Popken has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Popken surname rose 7,283 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 71 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Popken Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Popken are 25.88% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 72.65% being registered to vote for the party.

Popken earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.77% more than the national average, earning $44,776 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pöpken94153/
Poepken9217/
Poppken921/
Popkken921/
Poopkeen861/
Popkin832,433/
Papken837/
Pepken830/
Popkina77320/
Pepkaen779/
Paepken777/
Popkyna774/
Popkkin771/
Potpkin771/
Phopking7110/
Papkin67385/
Pepkin6784/
Papkyn6729/
Popcin673/
Papkina62649/
Papkyna6245/
Papchen622/
Popchin621/
Pappkin620/
Pavkyn5045/
Papcin5042/

Popken Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Popken in the Russian language
Попкенpopken-

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