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ORPEN

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There are approximately 333 people named Orpen in the UK. That makes it the 12,544th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 5 are named Orpen.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English

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The Orpen surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

ORPEN. "The family of Orpen or Erpen is of remote antiquity, and is stated to be derived from Erpen, a French noble of royal descent." Such is the statement in B.L.G., though the pedigree, as there given, does not go further back than the XVI. cent.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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