Bekken Surname
Approximately 1,592 people bear this surname
Bekken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 1,143 | 1:4,499 | 414 |
| United States | 271 | 1:1,337,487 | 93,180 |
| Netherlands | 92 | 1:183,556 | 26,152 |
| Kazakhstan | 29 | 1:609,741 | 42,435 |
| Sweden | 15 | 1:656,450 | 48,545 |
| Hungary | 15 | 1:654,418 | 37,235 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Bekken (11) may also be a first name.
Bekken Demographics
Average Bekken Salary in
United States
$50,080 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bekken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bekken Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bekken (Russian: Беккен) is found in Norway more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bekken? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 249,366th most widely held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 4,577,604 people. The surname Bekken is primarily found in Europe, where 80 percent of Bekken reside; 73 percent reside in Northern Europe and 73 percent reside in Scandinavia. It is also the 3,487,849th most prevalent forename globally, held by 11 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Norway, where it is held by 1,143 people, or 1 in 4,499. In Norway it is most common in: Eastern Norway, where 64 percent are found, Central Norway, where 19 percent are found and Western Norway, where 15 percent are found. Apart from Norway Bekken occurs in 17 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 17 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 6 percent are found.
Bekken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Bekken has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Bekken surname rose 4,517 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Bekken Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Bekken surname are 27.78% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 74.55% registered with the political party.
The amount Bekken earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 12.54% less than the national average, earning 302,677 kr per year; in United States they earn 16.06% more than the national average, earning $50,080 USD per year and in Canada they earn 64.75% more than the national average, earning $81,854 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bekken Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bekken in the Russian language | ||
| Беккен | bekken | - |
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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 Bekken
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