Alken Surname
Approximately 717 people bear this surname
Alken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 149 | 1:540,305 | 44,986 |
| Kazakhstan | 102 | 1:173,358 | 16,783 |
| Netherlands | 92 | 1:183,556 | 26,152 |
| Suriname | 89 | 1:6,209 | 1,452 |
| Iran | 80 | 1:959,782 | 44,995 |
| United States | 78 | 1:4,646,909 | 242,363 |
| Ireland | 34 | 1:138,498 | 6,546 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Denmark | 14 | 1:403,194 | 27,097 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 5 | 1:313,683 | 10,604 |
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
The alternate forms: Alkén (4) are calculated separately.
Alken (408) may also be a first name.
Alken Demographics
Average Alken Salary in
United States
$42,402 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Alken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alken Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Alken (Marathi: एलेन, Oriya: ଆଲେକନ, Russian: Алкен) has its highest incidence in Germany. It can also appear as a variant: Alkén. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alken? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 468,873rd most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,163,941 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 43 percent of Alken reside; 34 percent reside in Western Europe and 34 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Alken is also the 426,776th most commonly held first name globally, held by 408 people.
This surname is most common in Germany, where it is borne by 149 people, or 1 in 540,305. In Germany Alken is mostly concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 38 percent live, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 32 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 28 percent live. Apart from Germany it exists in 25 countries. It also occurs in Kazakhstan, where 14 percent live and The Netherlands, where 13 percent live.
Alken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Alken has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 709 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 120 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Alken Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Alken last name is principally Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan.
In The United States Alken are 25.34% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 78.57% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Alken earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 1.73% less than the national average, earning $42,402 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.47% less than the national average, earning $39,514 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alken Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alken in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆଲେକନ | alekana | - |
| Alken in the Marathi language | ||
| एलेन | elena | 50 |
| केण | kena | 50 |
| Alken in the Russian language | ||
| Алкен | alken | - |
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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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- 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 Alken
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