Scherpen Surname

1,222,957th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 191 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Scherpen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Scherpen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1651:102,34716,582
Germany231:3,500,237154,763
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Scherpen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Scherpen is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Scherpen.

How Common Is The Last Name Scherpen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,222,957th most common family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 38,154,691 people. The surname Scherpen occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Scherpen are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is held by 165 people, or 1 in 102,347. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: Drenthe, where 83 percent reside, Overijssel, where 12 percent reside and Groningen, where 4 percent reside. Other than The Netherlands this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 12 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Scherpen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Scherpen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Scherpen last name decreased 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schaerpen941/
Sherpen9312/
Scharpen88199/
Schorpen8830/
Cherpeng881/
Serpen861,065/
Scherpink8212/
Cherpin80989/
Sharpen80197/
Chirpen8036/
Serpent8012/
Sierpen801/
Sherpin801/
Scharpn800/
Shcherpyna781/
Sierpien75101/
Sherping7531/
Scharpin751/
Sherpina751/
Serpin71879/
Sarpen7180/
Serpenova713/
Cerpin713/
Sirpen712/
Serpyn711/
Schärping711/
Chairpeng711/
Sharpin67442/
Serpina6754/
Cerpina6727/
Sirepen6710/
Sierpin677/
Sharpyn677/
Chirpin674/
Shirpin674/
Serpyna672/
Serping671/
Sirpeng671/
Serpion671/
Cyrpien671/
Cerping671/
Serrpin670/

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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 Scherpen
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