Taphorn Surname

309,548th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,218 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Taphorn Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Taphorn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany6591:122,16314,949
United States4191:865,05765,721
Canada1371:268,94625,310
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080
Fiji11:894,3914,568
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1231:408,28230,178

Taphorn Last Name Facts

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

The surname Taphorn occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Taphorn? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 309,548th most widespread last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 5,983,207 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 54 percent of Taphorn are found; 54 percent are found in Western Europe and 54 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Taphorn is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 659 people, or 1 in 122,163. In Germany it is most common in: Lower Saxony, where 95 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 3 percent reside and Hesse, where 1 percent reside. Besides Germany this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 34 percent reside and Canada, where 11 percent reside.

Taphorn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Taphorn has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Taphorn surname grew 341 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Taphorn Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Taphorn last name are 34.84% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 81.61% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Taphorn earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 4.21% more than the national average, earning $44,967 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.12% less than the national average, earning $46,642 CAD per year.

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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 Taphorn
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