Brenken Surname
Approximately 408 people bear this surname
Brenken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 383 | 1:210,197 | 23,856 |
| Switzerland | 15 | 1:547,528 | 38,365 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 26 | 1:1,931,488 | 97,398 |
Brenken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brenken Come From? nationality or country of origin
Brenken is most common in Germany. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Brenken? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 716,247th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,861,632 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Brenken reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name Brenken is most widespread in Germany, where it is held by 383 people, or 1 in 210,197. In Germany Brenken is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 59 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 11 percent live and Hamburg, where 9 percent live. Barring Germany this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 4 percent live and Thailand, where 1 percent live.
Brenken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Brenken has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Brenken last name contracted 96 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brennken | 93 | 1 | / |
| Brnken | 92 | 1 | / |
| Brenkienė | 88 | 6 | / |
| Vrenken | 86 | 331 | / |
| Brinken | 86 | 159 | / |
| Brünken | 86 | 141 | / |
| Bremken | 86 | 33 | / |
| Brenkin | 86 | 9 | / |
| Brynken | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wrenken | 86 | 0 | / |
| Vrencken | 80 | 137 | / |
| Brincken | 80 | 79 | / |
| Brinnken | 80 | 0 | / |
| Brenking | 80 | 0 | / |
| Brencheen | 75 | 2 | / |
| Brynkin | 71 | 259 | / |
| Brinkin | 71 | 72 | / |
| Brynkyn | 71 | 21 | / |
| Brõnkin | 71 | 15 | / |
| Brinkén | 71 | 8 | / |
| Brnckin | 71 | 0 | / |
| Brynkina | 67 | 81 | / |
| Brynkyna | 67 | 32 | / |
| Brinkina | 67 | 7 | / |
| Brincin | 57 | 15 | / |
| Vrinkin | 57 | 1 | / |
| Wrinkin | 57 | 0 | / |
| Brinquin | 53 | 105 | / |
| Brynkien | 53 | 4 | / |
| Brinchen | 53 | 4 | / |
| Brinkien | 53 | 2 | / |
| Brinkienė | 50 | 6 | / |
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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 Brenken
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