Bilken Surname

1,459,453rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 146 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Bilken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bilken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey1391:559,86630,777
England21:27,859,030389,889
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Bilken (14) may also be a first name.

Bilken Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bilken (Oriya: ବିଲେକନ, Russian: Билкен) is borne by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bilken? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,459,453rd most widely held last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 49,914,698 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 93 percent of Bilken reside; 92 percent reside in West Asia and 92 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. Bilken is also the 3,024,661st most frequently held forename world-wide It is held by 14 people.

The surname Bilken is most commonly held in Turkey, where it is held by 139 people, or 1 in 559,866. In Turkey it is primarily found in: Istanbul Province, where 55 percent reside, Mardin Province, where 17 percent reside and Elazig Province, where 10 percent reside. Barring Turkey this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent reside and Kazakhstan, where 1 percent reside.

Bilken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Bilken has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Bilken last name rose 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bielken921/
Bilkienė8623/
Belken83359/
Bilkin83195/
Bilcen83166/
Bölken8326/
Bülken8319/
Bilkhn831/
Bilqen831/
Bilkenova802/
Bilkina7775/
Böhlken7768/
Bielkin7724/
Buelken7717/
Boelken7716/
Belkien7710/
Billkin771/
Bhilkin771/
Bilckem771/
Vilkn7310/
Blkin735/
Belkn731/
Bøløkken717/
Blkenova714/
Billchen712/
Billkina711/
Belkin6715,697/
Belkyn671,216/
Bylkin67356/
Bilcin6781/
Bylkyn6721/
Belcen6719/
Bilqin674/
Bõlkin671/
Blkina671/
Belkenova671/
Belkem671/

Bilken Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bilken in the Oriya language
ବିଲେକନbilekana-
Bilken in the Russian language
Билкенbilken-

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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 Bilken
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