Töpfer Surname

52,391st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,766 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Töpfer Surname User-submission:

A German surname, meaning 'potter'.

Töpfer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany9,5361:8,4421,041
Austria1091:78,12311,779
Czechia321:332,29640,874
Netherlands301:562,90650,501
Sweden161:615,42245,338
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Norway91:571,36544,190
Poland61:6,334,792156,558
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
France11:66,422,722504,397
England11:55,718,059489,080
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

The alternate forms: Topfer (604) are calculated separately.

Töpfer Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

A German surname, meaning 'potter'.

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Töpfer Last Name Facts

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

Töpfer is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant: Topfer. For other possible spellings of Töpfer click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Töpfer? popularity and diffusion

Töpfer is the 52,391st most frequently occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 746,216 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Töpfer are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name Töpfer is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 9,536 people, or 1 in 8,442. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Thuringia, where 21 percent live, Saxony, where 14 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 13 percent live. Other than Germany Töpfer is found in 22 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 1 percent live and Czechia, where 0 percent live.

Töpfer Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Töpfer earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 7% less than the national average, earning 321,841 kr per year and in South Africa they earn 15.4% less than the national average, earning R 201,048 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Topfer94604/
Töpffer9230/
Töpfert929/
Töper9122/
Töpper831,087/
Tepfer83768/
Tapfer83242/
Töpert8359/
Töpferová8026/
Toepfer772,842/
Topffer773/
Tepffer771/
Teepfer771/
Tophfer770/
Toper735,862/
Teper733,689/
Tafer732,297/
Taper73822/
Tofer73102/
Tefer7370/
Toepffer7179/
Toephfer712/
Tepper6711,369/
Tapper679,768/
Topper674,934/
Thaper67809/
Teufer67331/
Teffer67261/
Taffer67210/
Topher67114/
Toffer6796/
Thafer6736/
Täpper6733/
Toeper6716/
Theper678/
Taaper675/
Tapier674/
Tapear673/
Toefer673/
Teefer673/
Töpperová673/
Tafeer672/
Tehper672/
Teeper672/
Tohper672/
Teferr671/
Taperh671/
Tepeer671/
Tafier671/
Topeer671/
Topier671/
Tofear671/
Towfer671/
Thofer671/
Tefier670/
Tuiper670/
Tepier670/

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