Cooken Surname

2,876,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 46 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Cooken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cooken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium431:267,36432,244
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Cooken Last Name Facts

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

Cooken is more frequently found in Belgium than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Cooken.

How Common Is The Last Name Cooken? popularity and diffusion

Cooken is the 2,876,555th most widespread family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 158,424,911 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Cooken reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 74 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The last name Cooken is most widespread in Belgium, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 267,364. In Belgium Cooken is primarily concentrated in: Walloon Region, where 72 percent are found, Flemish Region, where 21 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 7 percent are found. Besides Belgium this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 4 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Cooken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Cooken has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Cooken surname fell 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chooken9214/
Coken9181/
Cookn911/
Choken831,447/
Kooken83731/
Jooken83192/
Cocken8363/
Coocen8325/
Cokien8310/
Cookin838/
Cokken835/
Cotken834/
Sooken833/
Scoken831/
Couken831/
Cioken831/
Chocken7795/
Chouken7715/
Chookin771/
Choiken771/
Coockin771/
Coutken771/
Koken7333,922/
Soken731,088/
Joken73234/
Cokin7332/
Cocen735/
Caken734/
Zoken734/
Chokn731/
Sookn731/
Cuken731/
Tchokeng719/
Tchouken712/
Kocken671,385/
Cockin67762/
Koeken67414/
Kokken67389/
Tsoken67365/
Kücken67303/
Cochen67188/
Jocken67150/
Jacken67133/
Kucken67103/
Sacken6789/
Chokin6782/
Socken6753/
Cohcen6748/
Scokin6743/
Zhoken6740/
Coekin6740/
Sokeen6739/
Chaken6734/
Soyken6733/
Gioken6732/
Djoken6731/
Cotkin6721/
Sookin6720/
Coquen6717/
Cuyken6716/
Chokyn6714/
Kokoen6712/
Kouken6711/
Cokina6711/
Kodken676/
Coykin676/
Zookin676/
Jokeen675/
Khoken673/
Dzoken672/
Zacken672/
Cakken672/
Zouken672/
Sokken671/
Koocen671/
Kohken671/
Koiken671/
Zokien671/
Cokyna671/
Cockyn671/
Qokeng671/
Jookin671/
Kotken671/
Kokien671/
Jouken671/
Suoken671/
Txoken671/
Coocne671/
Cacken670/
Kookin670/
Kokaen670/
Cakeen670/
Kacken670/

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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 Cooken
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