Ankeny Surname

299,542nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,270 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
French Polynesia

Ankeny Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ankeny Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2611:287,43826,710
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1781:282,12722,717

Ankeny (12) may also be a first name.

Ankeny Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ankeny (Arabic: انكيني) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ankeny? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 299,542nd most frequently used family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 5,738,225 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Ankeny are found; 97 percent are found in North America and 97 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Ankeny is also the 3,306,491st most frequent first name worldwide It is held by 12 people.

The last name Ankeny is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 1,261 people, or 1 in 287,438. In The United States Ankeny is most common in: Pennsylvania, where 12 percent reside, Oregon, where 9 percent reside and California, where 9 percent reside. Apart from The United States this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 0 percent reside and Australia, where 0 percent reside.

Ankeny Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Ankeny has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 708 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Ankeny Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Ankeny surname are 13.45% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60.22% being registered with the party.

Ankeny earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.68% less than the national average, earning $41,562 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ankeney92507/
Ainkeny920/
Asenkeny862/
Ankene8364/
Ankena8344/
Ankeni834/
Ankiny832/
Anceny831/
Amkeny831/
Ancenay77116/
Ankener7739/
Anceney778/
Ankenge774/
Onkenyi771/
Ankiene771/
Ankeini771/
Anhceny771/
Hankene770/
Hankener711/
Ancene67176/
Amkeni6735/
Ankini6715/
Ankine671/
Onkena671/

Ankeny Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ankeny in the Arabic language
انكينيankyny-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Ankeny
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