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 carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Brenken? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 716,247th most commonly used family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,861,632 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Brenken live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 383 people, or 1 in 210,197. In Germany Brenken is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 59 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 11 percent reside and Hamburg, where 9 percent reside. Outside of Germany Brenken is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 4 percent reside and Thailand, where 1 percent reside.
Brenken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Brenken has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Brenken surname declined 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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