Böken Surname

980,795th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 263 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Böken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Böken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2201:365,93434,941
Turkey421:1,852,89166,380
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Boken (625), Bökén (11) & Bokén (5) are calculated separately.

Böken Last Name Facts

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

The last name Böken occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Boken, Bökén or Bokén. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Böken? popularity and diffusion

Böken is the 980,795th most commonly held last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 27,709,300 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 84 percent of Böken reside; 84 percent reside in Western Europe and 84 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 220 people, or 1 in 365,934. In Germany it is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 77 percent live, Berlin, where 9 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 4 percent live. Outside of Germany it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Turkey, where 16 percent live and Spain, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Boken93625/
Bökén9311/
Böcken91108/
Bokén875/
Beken805,306/
Baken801,137/
Bakken7315,138/
Bekken731,592/
Beeken731,431/
Bocken73899/
Backen73863/
Becken73839/
Beuken73640/
Boeken73421/
Baaken73357/
Baeken73303/
Bekaen73270/
Bokken73269/
Böking7337/
Bekenn7332/
Bhoken7323/
Bokien7315/
Bakeen739/
Bekoen738/
Böckin734/
Bäcken734/
Bokoen734/
Behken734/
Bakoen734/
Bahken731/
Bakaen731/
Bakien730/
Bohken730/
Bokeen730/
Böcking671,076/
Beecken67829/
Bakienė67224/
Bokn67159/
Boecken6786/
Beucken6781/
Baekken6717/
Buicken672/
Bokienė672/
Bekn672/
Bakn672/
Baecken672/
Bokuehn671/
Backeen671/
Åbacken671/
Bockien670/
Beckken670/

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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 Böken
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