Verpoorten Surname

322,699th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,156 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Verpoorten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Verpoorten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium9131:12,5921,889
Netherlands1521:111,10017,774
United States371:9,796,187405,931
Germany131:6,192,728213,814
Switzerland121:684,41046,196
England91:6,190,895170,599
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
France31:22,140,907385,998
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Verpoorten Last Name Facts

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

The surname Verpoorten is borne by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Verpoorten? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 322,699th most prevalent surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 6,304,105 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Verpoorten are found; 95 percent are found in Western Europe and 70 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most commonly used in Belgium, where it is borne by 913 people, or 1 in 12,592. In Belgium Verpoorten is mostly found in: Flemish Region, where 71 percent live, Walloon Region, where 28 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent live. Other than Belgium it is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 13 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.

Verpoorten Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Verpoorten has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Verpoorten last name grew 3,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Verpoorten Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Verpoorten surname are 2.33% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 55.56% registered with the political party.

Verpoorten earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 25.12% less than the national average, earning $32,312 USD 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
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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 Verpoorten
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