Anken Surname
Approximately 552 people bear this surname
Anken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 280 | 1:29,332 | 4,447 |
| United States | 105 | 1:3,451,990 | 194,849 |
| Germany | 72 | 1:1,118,131 | 74,279 |
| Belgium | 30 | 1:383,221 | 41,070 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 35 | 1:1,434,820 | 77,606 |
The alternate forms: Ankén (9) are calculated separately.
Anken (742) may also be a first name.
Anken Demographics
Average Anken Salary in
United States
$48,165 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Anken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Anken Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Anken (Marathi: आंकेन) is more frequently found in Switzerland than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as: Ankén. Click here to see other potential spellings of Anken.
How Common Is The Last Name Anken? popularity and diffusion
Anken is the 571,325th most frequently used last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 13,202,076 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 75 percent of Anken live; 71 percent live in Western Europe and 44 percent live in Germanic Europe. Anken is also the 301,975th most widespread first name on earth, borne by 742 people.
The surname Anken is most common in Switzerland, where it is borne by 280 people, or 1 in 29,332. In Switzerland Anken is mostly concentrated in: Canton of Vaud, where 41 percent live, Canton of Bern, where 38 percent live and Canton of Fribourg, where 10 percent live. Not including Switzerland this last name is found in 22 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 19 percent live and Germany, where 13 percent live.
Anken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Anken has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Anken surname expanded 300 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 233 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Anken Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Anken last name are 25.96% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 72.73% registered to vote for the political party.
Anken earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 11.62% more than the national average, earning $48,165 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Anken Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Anken in the Marathi language | ||
| आंकेन | ankena | 88.89 |
| संकेत | sanketa | 11.11 |
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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 Anken
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