Scepanek Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Scepanek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Scepanek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422

The alternate forms: Ščepanek (3) & Ščepánek (41) are calculated separately.

Scepanek Last Name Facts

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

The last name Scepanek occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Ščepanek or Ščepánek. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Scepanek? popularity and diffusion

The surname Scepanek is the 8,968,613th most frequently used family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Scepanek reside; 50 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 50 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.

The last name is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 40,252,730. In Germany it is most numerous in: Baden-Württemberg, where 50 percent reside and Hamburg, where 50 percent reside. Other than Germany this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Czechia, where 25 percent reside and Slovakia, where 25 percent reside.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Scepanek
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