Denk Surname

28,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18,740 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Denk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Denk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany7,9631:10,1101,272
Austria3,2811:2,595234
United States2,2681:159,81416,280
Turkey2,1791:35,7143,770
Russia9381:153,64917,742
Brazil6481:330,36212,717
Czechia5431:19,5832,968
Argentina3811:112,1879,468
Hungary971:101,1999,765
Switzerland521:157,94114,824
Canada431:856,87466,382
Netherlands351:482,49146,668
Indonesia241:5,510,383253,014
Slovakia231:232,02036,711
Kazakhstan181:982,36158,740
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449
Croatia171:248,74126,882
England171:3,277,533109,658
Australia171:1,587,98278,599
Norway151:342,81932,589
Slovenia151:165,84514,188
Ukraine141:3,251,621182,804
Thailand131:5,433,719375,884
Sweden101:984,67673,605
France101:6,642,272293,169
Poland101:3,800,875132,137
Serbia91:793,88326,061
Sudan91:4,167,7995,799
Namibia81:301,17510,197
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
Denmark71:806,38843,211
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States951:528,61836,719

Denk (61) may also be a first name.

Denk Last Name Facts

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

Denk (Russian: Денк) occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Denk? popularity and diffusion

It is the 28,654th most frequent surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 388,877 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 67 percent of Denk live; 61 percent live in Western Europe and 60 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,257,960th most prevalent forename worldwide. It is borne by 61 people.

It is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 7,963 people, or 1 in 10,110. In Germany it is most common in: Bavaria, where 58 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 15 percent are found and Hesse, where 8 percent are found. Besides Germany this last name is found in 64 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 18 percent are found and The United States, where 12 percent are found.

Denk Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Denk has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Denk surname expanded 2,387 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 567 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Denk Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Denk last name is predominantly Orthodox (80%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Denk surname are 17.1% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.87% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Denk earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 6.05% more than the national average, earning 367,023 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 32.92% less than the national average, earning R 159,396 per year; in United States they earn 12.64% more than the national average, earning $48,601 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.45% more than the national average, earning $53,385 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Denke894,494/
Denck89767/
Duenk89399/
Deunk89270/
Dengk8912/
Denkë899/
Daenk897/
Dienk892/
Denkh892/
Dhenk891/
Doenk890/
Dehnk890/
Dnk869/
Dehnke80797/
Dengke8056/
Dencke8029/
Dhenke8017/
Dencks8010/
Dienck800/
Dennck800/
Deng759,953,614/
Dink75261/
Denc75161/
Denq7529/
Dünk758/
Dnke755/
Dnkt752/
Dynk752/
Denx752/
Dnck751/
Dngk751/
Dnkp751/
Dnnk751/
Dnkq751/
Dnkx751/
Ddnk751/
Hdnk751/
Denkova731,267/
Denková73686/
Dehncke73121/
Dieng67232,371/
Dinke6713,262/
Daeng678,000/
Dheng673,240/
Dengg671,927/
Doeng671,315/
Deeng67454/
Deenkova6773/
Duink6762/
Deung6747/
Dueng6745/
Dengs6745/
Demők6736/
Dünck6731/
Duunk6712/
Dengc678/
Dinck676/
Dinkë676/
Denng675/
Dënke674/
Dingk674/
Dehng673/
Deenc673/
Ddeng673/
Dionk672/
Dienc671/
Demkë671/
Den'g671/
Dengt671/
Demng671/
Dıeng671/
Dünke671/
Dänke671/
Dienq671/
Dinkh671/
Dynck671/
Tdeng671/

Denk Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Denk in the Russian language
Денкdenk-

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Denk
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