Alpern
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Alpern is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Romania than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 648K(measured from records)
- ARArgentina1 in 2.1M
- RORomania≈1 in 35Kas אלפרן
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Alpern itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Romania (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 20 (measured from records)
- 1 in 648K (inferred from the name graph)
≈600 named אלפרן, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
United States
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled אלפרן in IL Israel, US United States, RO Romania and 2 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Alpern counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: CBS Israel — Family names in Israel, 2017 ("שמות משפחה בישראל 2017"); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Anita Alpernb. 1920USAmerican IRS agent (1920-2006)
- Marty Allenb. 1922USnot in their usual nameAmerican comedian, actor, and philanthropist (1922-2018)
- Menachem Alpernb. 1932PLHolocaust victim (born 1932)
- Steve Alpernb. 1948USmathematician
- Merry Alpernb. 1955USAmerican photographer (born 1955)
- James AlpernUSAmerican musician, songwriter
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 12 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 528 | #43,946 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 513 | #42,308 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 503 | #40,908 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 22 | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- In which country does Alpern have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 604 people named אלפרן in Romania, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Alpern most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Alpern is densest in the United States — about 1 in 648 thousand people — even though Romania holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Alpern?
- In the United States, the national register counted 513 people named Alpern in 2010, about 1 in 648 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Alpern?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/alpernThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Alpern”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.