Darken Surname

671,677th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 445 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Darken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Darken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia2531:106,70211,948
United States1191:3,045,873177,373
England471:1,185,49155,443
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England251:975,01539,671
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States321:1,569,33483,036

Darken (87) may also be a first name.

Darken Last Name Facts

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

Darken occurs most in Australia. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Darken? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 671,677th most prevalent family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 16,376,508 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 57 percent of Darken reside; 57 percent reside in Australasia and 57 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand. It is also the 1,024,927th most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 87 people.

The surname Darken is most frequent in Australia, where it is carried by 253 people, or 1 in 106,702. In Australia it is most prevalent in: Victoria, where 90 percent are found, Queensland, where 6 percent are found and Western Australia, where 2 percent are found. Besides Australia this last name exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 27 percent are found and England, where 11 percent are found.

Darken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Darken has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Darken last name expanded 372 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 188 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Darken Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Darken last name are 11.85% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.62% registered with the political party.

Darken earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 16.52% more than the national average, earning $50,277 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Darkeen922/
Dearken920/
Darkin83678/
Dörken83469/
Dorken83258/
Darcen83132/
Derken8339/
Darkyn8330/
Darkne831/
Darkenova8014/
Darkina77408/
Darchen77336/
Darhcen7785/
Doerken7762/
Darkyna7734/
Daurkin7718/
Dercken7712/
Dorkeng773/
Darquen772/
Dearkin771/
Deerken771/
Darkinn771/
Darrkin770/
Dourken770/
Deirken770/
Darkquenne751/
Daurkina7136/
Dearking7131/
Daurkyna713/
Dharchen711/
Dorkin671,256/
Darquenne67214/
Darcin67132/
Derkin6767/
Dorkyn6720/
Derkyn6710/
Dorcen673/
Darkinová672/
Darkinova671/

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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 Darken
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