Areken Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Areken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Areken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Areken (21) may also be a first name.

Areken Last Name Facts

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

Areken is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Areken? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 100 percent of Areken reside; 100 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 100 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Areken is also the 2,368,944th most widespread first name at a global level, borne by 21 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 1,019,215. In Papua New Guinea Areken is primarily found in: Milne Bay, where 100 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Arıeken9265/
Ereken83110/
Ariken83107/
Araken8374/
Arekin8310/
Aroken831/
Arekion77504/
Areskin77102/
Areikin7752/
Atrekin7735/
Hariken7716/
Harekin7714/
Arakken7711/
Arekina775/
Ahriken773/
Areskyn772/
Arezkin771/
Ariqeen771/
Aretkin771/
Haraken771/
Ayrekin771/
Araqeen771/
Arikn731/
Arakn731/
Areshkin71146/
Areshkyn71113/
Arzeykin719/
Arhetkyn714/
Garekina714/
Arechkin711/
Erekin67358/
Eriken67173/
Arakin6774/
Arokin6755/
Arikin6754/
Oriken6744/
Arykin6728/
Arokyn679/
Orekin679/
Arykyn675/
Oroken674/
Orekenova673/
Orekem672/
Arakyn672/
Arikhn671/
Oraken671/
Gareikina671/
Arikenova671/

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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 Areken
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