Craken Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Argentina

Craken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Craken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Craken Last Name Facts

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

The last name Craken has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Craken? popularity and diffusion

The surname Craken is the 7,593,402nd most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name Craken is mostly found in The Americas, where 83 percent of Craken live; 67 percent live in North America and 67 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States it is most numerous in: District of Columbia, where 25 percent reside, Illinois, where 25 percent reside and Indiana, where 25 percent reside. Excluding The United States this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 17 percent reside and India, where 17 percent reside.

Craken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Craken has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Craken surname declined 71 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cracken92139/
Crakken920/
Crakn910/
Ccracken861/
Croken83287/
Kraken8381/
Crackn830/
Crocken77132/
Crackin7713/
Crackne771/
Kracken771/
Crooken771/
Crosken771/
Craskin771/
Craucen771/
Craukin770/
Crokken770/
Cracn733/
Krakn730/
Krakienė71215/
Crossken7113/
Creachen717/
Chrocken713/
Crousken710/
Craiking710/
Kroken67843/
Crokin6758/
Srakin6732/
Krakin6730/
Kracen6710/
Crokem672/
Zrakin671/

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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 Craken
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