Wilpen Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Liberia

Wilpen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wilpen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Wilpen (9) may also be a first name.

Wilpen Last Name Facts

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

Wilpen occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wilpen? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. Wilpen occurs predominantly in Europe, where 60 percent of Wilpen are found; 60 percent are found in Western Europe and 60 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 3,941,740th most numerous first name world-wide, held by 9 people.

Wilpen is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 5,629,059. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: Flevoland, where 33 percent are found, South Holland, where 33 percent are found and Utrecht, where 33 percent are found. Aside from The Netherlands this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 20 percent are found and The United States, where 20 percent are found.

Wilpen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wilpen has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whilpen920/
Welpen831/
Wlpn802/
Vilpin6716/
Welpin679/
Velpen677/
Bilpin672/
Wlping670/
Vilpina623/
Wölping621/
Vehelpen571/
Belpin502/

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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
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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 Wilpen
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