Trappe Surname

202,789th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,053 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Ireland

Trappe Surname Definition:

(English) The short, stocky man; dweller near a footbridge.

Trappe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,2781:62,9938,090
United States4751:763,07159,419
Ireland1021:46,1663,435
England421:1,326,62059,571
Australia231:1,173,72664,589
France221:3,019,215204,848
Papua New Guinea161:509,60763,542
Wales141:221,03813,576
Switzerland121:684,41046,196
Argentina101:4,274,341152,056
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Paraguay41:1,809,18612,346
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States491:1,024,87160,160

The alternate forms: Trappé (1) are calculated separately.

Trappe Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) The short, stocky man; dweller near a footbridge.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Trappe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Trappe (Russian: Траппе) is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant: Trappé. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Trappe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 202,789th most frequently occurring family name globally It is held by around 1 in 3,549,706 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 73 percent of Trappe live; 64 percent live in Western Europe and 63 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 1,278 people, or 1 in 62,993. In Germany it is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 37 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 17 percent are found and Thuringia, where 8 percent are found. Beside Germany Trappe exists in 27 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 23 percent are found and Ireland, where 5 percent are found.

Trappe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Trappe has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Trappe surname expanded 969 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 600 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Trappe Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Trappe surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 66.67% registered with the party.

Trappe earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 8.89% more than the national average, earning $46,983 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Trappé941/
Trapper92585/
Trappey92122/
Trappes9227/
Trappet921/
Trappee920/
Thrappe920/
Trapp9132,071/
Trape91461/
Trappett86324/
Trippe832,024/
Traipe831,094/
Traupe83763/
Thrapp83509/
Traspe83493/
Trapet83368/
Treppe83239/
Trapps83223/
Trapes83112/
Trappa8389/
Troppe8378/
Traper8326/
Trapea8321/
Trapez8313/
Trappy834/
Trappi833/
Thrape831/
Trapeh831/
Trapey831/
Trapje831/
Trap801,144/
Tropper771,868/
Troppee7773/
Trappio7746/
Traspea7731/
Trasper7721/
Troppée7712/
Trapets777/
Traypes774/
Trappoj774/
Trapett773/
Thrappa773/
Trippee772/
Traphea771/
Trappui771/
Trippey771/
Trooppe771/
Throppe770/
Trauper770/
Tropp732,127/
Trope73737/
Trapa73499/
Tripe73400/
Trapy73238/
Thrap73138/
Treap73114/
Traup7355/
Trapè7346/
Trasp7342/
Traps7338/
Trapi7324/
Trepe7320/
Trapé7313/
Trapf737/
Trzap736/
Trapt734/
Tratp731/
Traph731/
Traip731/
Trapš731/
Trappitt71208/
Trappová7142/
Treipper712/
Troipper710/
Tropea675,148/
Troupe674,351/
Thropp67352/
Tropee67235/
Traipi67229/
Troope67222/
Thrope67221/
Troper67179/
Trapsh67129/
Tropez67122/
Troppa67122/
Troppy6790/
Troppi6764/
Tropet6751/
Troped6729/
Troupp6725/
Tripey6721/
Trepeu6717/
Troyhapet6714/
Tropée6712/
Treppi6711/
Trepie679/
Trépey679/
Tropes678/
Trapid677/
Treipe676/
Trippé675/
Truope674/
Tropps674/
Trapis674/
Trapfa674/
Troppé672/
Troype672/
Trepei672/
Traspi672/
Tripea672/
Traipa672/
Trhapa671/
Treipp671/
Trophe671/
Treppy671/
Trapit671/
Trapss671/
Trippè671/
Triepe671/
Trepey671/
Trepfe671/
Trospe671/
Tropeh671/
Treupe670/
Thraap670/
Tropey670/
Thraph670/
Thraup670/

Trappe Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Trappe in the Russian language
Траппеtrappe-

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