Scepter Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Scepter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 41 | 1:1,224,846 | 68,768 |
Scepter (47) may also be a first name.
Scepter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Scepter Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Scepter is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Scepter? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,063,924th most commonly used family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 40 percent of Scepter reside; 40 percent reside in North America and 40 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Scepter is also the 1,467,136th most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 47 people.
It is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States Scepter is most frequent in: Arizona, where 75 percent live and Missouri, where 25 percent live. Other than The United States it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 10 percent live and England, where 10 percent live.
Scepter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Scepter has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Scepter last name fell 90 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Septer | 92 | 786 | / |
| Cepter | 92 | 3 | / |
| Septier | 86 | 1,218 | / |
| Seepter | 86 | 60 | / |
| Shepter | 86 | 47 | / |
| Tsepter | 86 | 16 | / |
| Chepter | 86 | 6 | / |
| Septere | 86 | 2 | / |
| Sceptre | 86 | 1 | / |
| Septert | 86 | 1 | / |
| Scheipeter | 82 | 84 | / |
| Cheptert | 80 | 1 | / |
| Jepter | 77 | 834 | / |
| Zepter | 77 | 470 | / |
| Sipter | 77 | 85 | / |
| Sevter | 77 | 2 | / |
| Septre | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jephter | 71 | 3,318 | / |
| Jepther | 71 | 58 | / |
| Shevter | 71 | 49 | / |
| Jepterp | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cheptir | 71 | 1 | / |
| Šeptere | 71 | 1 | / |
| Zephter | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gephter | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shipter | 71 | 0 | / |
| Chipter | 71 | 0 | / |
| Jephther | 67 | 35 | / |
| Jepfhter | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zipter | 62 | 104 | / |
| Gipter | 62 | 6 | / |
| Sibter | 62 | 5 | / |
| Cebtre | 62 | 1 | / |
| Giptere | 57 | 95 | / |
| Shyvter | 57 | 9 | / |
| Shevtyr | 57 | 3 | / |
| Juipter | 57 | 1 | / |
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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 Scepter
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