Pöpke Surname

2,237,939th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 72 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Sweden

Pöpke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pöpke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany611:1,319,76283,187
Sweden111:895,16066,831

The alternate forms: Popke (606) are calculated separately.

Pöpke Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pöpke occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Popke. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pöpke? popularity and diffusion

Pöpke is the 2,237,939th most commonly used family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pöpke live; 85 percent live in Western Europe and 85 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most numerous in Germany, where it is carried by 61 people, or 1 in 1,319,762. In Germany Pöpke is mostly found in: Brandenburg, where 28 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 20 percent reside and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 18 percent reside. Apart from Germany this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Sweden, where 15 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Popke93606/
Pöppke9184/
Pöpcke911/
Papke807,819/
Pepke80404/
Päpke80197/
Paepke73782/
Poppke73263/
Popkey73209/
Papcke73115/
Popkie73105/
Poepke7354/
Päpcke7351/
Papkey7343/
Papkee7322/
Popcke7322/
Paapke7313/
Papkie7310/
Pepkie735/
Peepke731/
Pepkey731/
Pappke731/
Pepcke730/
Peppke730/
Paepcke67188/
Poepcke675/
Popk672/
Peuppke671/
Papk671/
Pepk671/
Paephke671/
Poppcke671/
Paepkie670/

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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
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  • 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 Pöpke
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