Scheppens Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Scheppens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Scheppens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Scheppens Last Name Facts

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

The surname Scheppens is held by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Scheppens? popularity and diffusion

The last name Scheppens is the 6,063,924th most common surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Scheppens is mostly found in Europe, where 90 percent of Scheppens reside; 90 percent reside in Western Europe and 90 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most commonly held in Belgium, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 1,277,405. In Belgium it is mostly concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 100 percent are found. Beside Belgium Scheppens exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 10 percent are found.

Scheppens Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Scheppens has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Scheppens surname contracted 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schepens945,429/
Sheppens940/
Scheepens89933/
Schoepens891/
Schippens890/
Shepens885/
Schepns881/
Seppens880/
Ceuppens822,405/
Ceûppens824/
Schepems823/
Sckepens821/
Chippens821/
Sheppins820/
Ceupens7527/
Sippens7516/
Sepiens752/
Scepins752/
Shapens751/
Sappens750/
Skepens750/
Chipense7167/
Chispens711/
Skippens711/
Shippins710/
Skepns67149/
Cipens6726/
Sepins672/
Cepins671/
Sephns670/

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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 Scheppens
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