Schorpen Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Schorpen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schorpen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway161:321,39331,311
Denmark121:470,39330,183
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Schorpen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Schorpen is held by more people in Norway than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Schorpen? popularity and diffusion

Schorpen is the 3,602,217th most frequent surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 93 percent of Schorpen are found; 93 percent are found in Northern Europe and 93 percent are found in Scandinavia.

This surname is most commonly held in Norway, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 321,393. In Norway Schorpen is most prevalent in: Eastern Norway, where 100 percent live. Excluding Norway this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 40 percent live and The United States, where 7 percent live.

Schorpen Last Name Statistics demography

Schorpen earn notably less less than the average income. In Norway they earn 17.58% less than the national average, earning 285,252 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Scharpen88199/
Scherpen88191/
Chorpeng881/
Schorpion82139/
Schaerpen821/
Sharpen80197/
Sherpen8012/
Charpen801/
Scharpn800/
Chorping7524/
Scharpin751/
Charpent751/
Serpen711,065/
Charpenne7188/
Sarpen7180/
Shurpn712/
Sorpin712/
Surpen711/
Schärping711/
Scarpn710/
Charpin672,048/
Scarpin671,714/
Sharpin67442/
Shurpin6762/
Shurpyn6714/
Sharpyn677/
Sourpin676/
Scarpín672/
Shcharping671/
Sherpin671/
Sierpen671/
Sarpent671/
Sarpenc671/
Churpyn671/

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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 Schorpen
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