Where Does The Last Name Ripen Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Ripen (Hindi: रिपेन, Marathi: िरपेन, Oriya: ରିେପନ) is found in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Ripén. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ripen? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname Ripen is the 1,189,614^th most frequently used surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 36,620,834 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 85 percent of Ripen are found; 82 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 82 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Ripen is also the 236,561^st most common given name on earth. It is borne by 1,133 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Malaysia, where it is held by 90 people, or 1 in 327,714. In Malaysia it is most prevalent in: Terengganu, where 36 percent live, Sarawak, where 31 percent live and Kelantan, where 16 percent live. Barring Malaysia Ripen exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 37 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent live.