Rapken Surname

2,203,767th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 74 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Rapken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rapken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea301:271,79136,992
United States241:15,102,456529,929
Zimbabwe181:857,68057,134
Australia21:13,497,850222,987

Rapken (89) may also be a first name.

Rapken Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rapken is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rapken? popularity and diffusion

The last name Rapken is the 2,203,767th most commonly used family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 98,480,350 people. The last name Rapken occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 43 percent of Rapken reside; 41 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 41 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,011,231st most frequently held forename throughout the world. It is borne by 89 people.

The surname Rapken is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 271,791. In Papua New Guinea Rapken is mostly concentrated in: East New Britain, where 100 percent reside. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 32 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 24 percent reside.

Rapken Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Rapken last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% being registered with the party.

Rapken earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 91.2% more than the national average, earning $82,500 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rapkin83618/
Ropken8333/
Röpken832/
Roepken7759/
Hrapkin774/
Rapkina774/
Repkin671,805/
Rabkin671,404/
Repkyn67271/
Ravkin67261/
Robken6781/
Röbken6732/
Rabkyn6732/
Ravkyn6722/
Ropkin6716/
Rebken672/
Rabkina62133/
Roebken6251/
Rabkyna6224/
Ropkina629/
Hrabkyn626/
Rapchin622/
Ropking622/
Ruopkin621/
Hrabkyna575/
Robkin50293/
Rovkin50282/
Rovkyn5017/
Robkyn509/
Rõbkin508/
Röbkin504/
Rebkin504/
Rabkim501/

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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 Rapken
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