Burkens Surname

1,765,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 108 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Burkens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Burkens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia661:2,003,776125,554
Netherlands171:993,36365,241
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States291:1,731,67989,620

Burkens Last Name Facts

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

The surname Burkens is found most in Indonesia. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Burkens? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,765,740th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 67,477,277 people. The last name Burkens occurs predominantly in Asia, where 73 percent of Burkens are found; 61 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 61 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

The surname is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is borne by 66 people, or 1 in 2,003,776. In Indonesia it is most common in: West Java, where 97 percent are found and Jakarta, where 3 percent are found. Beside Indonesia this surname is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 16 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 10 percent are found.

Burkens Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Burkens has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Burkens last name fell 93 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Beurkens93135/
Burkeens9355/
Buerkens936/
Burkins86870/
Borkens86102/
Bierkens80319/
Burckins801/
Workens7141/
Borkins7122/
Borkenz710/
Workensh674,990/
Burchins6730/
Woerkens6714/
Voorkens675/
Burquins671/
Worknsh5749/
Workins5723/
Vorkins571/
Workinsh531/

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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 Burkens
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