Carlens Surname

605,571st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 512 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Carlens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Carlens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium4141:27,7704,435
Sweden541:182,34712,605
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
France91:7,380,302306,885
England71:7,959,723202,100
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Carlens (486) may also be a first name.

Carlens Last Name Facts

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

The last name Carlens is carried by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Carlens? popularity and diffusion

The last name Carlens is the 605,571st most frequently held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 14,233,488 people. The surname Carlens occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Carlens reside; 86 percent reside in Western Europe and 43 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Carlens is also the 385,570th most frequent first name in the world, borne by 486 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Belgium, where it is carried by 414 people, or 1 in 27,770. In Belgium it is most common in: Flemish Region, where 50 percent live, Walloon Region, where 46 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 4 percent live. Aside from Belgium it is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 11 percent live and Germany, where 3 percent live.

Carlens Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Carlens has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Carlens surname increased 350 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Carlens
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