Barkens Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Barkens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Barkens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Barkens Last Name Facts

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

Barkens is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Barkens? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,968,613th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Barkens is mostly found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Barkens live; 75 percent live in North America and 75 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Barkens is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Tennessee, where 67 percent reside and Louisiana, where 33 percent reside. Excluding The United States it exists in one country. It is also found in Norway, where 25 percent reside.

Barkens Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Barkens has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Barkens surname decreased 40 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Barkenæs9350/
Barkins86270/
Berkens86175/
Borkens86102/
Barcens867/
Beerkens80489/
Beurkens80135/
Berkensh804/
Berckens802/
Barckins801/
Berkeens800/
Barcns771/
Berkins71187/
Borkins7122/
Borkenz710/
Barquins6712/
Voorkens675/
Borchens670/
Berkinç571/
Borkims571/
Vorkins571/
Varquenz531/

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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 Barkens
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