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

The last name Ripken has its highest incidence in Germany. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Ripken.

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

This last name is the 398,272^nd most frequently held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 8,243,830 people. The last name Ripken is mostly found in Europe, where 81 percent of Ripken are found; 79 percent are found in Western Europe and 79 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Ripken is also the 3,159,357^th most widely held first name at a global level. It is borne by 13 people.

Ripken is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 564 people, or 1 in 142,740. In Germany Ripken is most frequent in: Lower Saxony, where 67 percent are found, Bremen, where 7 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Germany it is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 14 percent are found and The United States, where 12 percent are found.

Ripken Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Ripken has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ripken last name grew 1,543 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 467 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Ripken Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Ripken surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 66.67% being registered with the political party.

Ripken earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 46.74% more than the national average, earning $63,315 USD per year.