Denken Surname

1,573,888th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 130 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Denken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Denken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan1131:1,131,36521,317
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Denken (238) may also be a first name.

Denken Last Name Facts

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

Denken (Russian: Денкен) is found most in Japan. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Denken? popularity and diffusion

The surname Denken is the 1,573,888th most commonly occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 56,058,046 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 87 percent of Denken live; 87 percent live in East Asia and 87 percent live in Nippono-Asia. Denken is also the 580,229th most numerous first name internationally, held by 238 people.

The surname Denken is most commonly held in Japan, where it is carried by 113 people, or 1 in 1,131,365. In Japan Denken is most common in: Nagano Prefecture, where 41 percent live, Osaka Prefecture, where 35 percent live and Hyōgo Prefecture, where 4 percent live. Outside of Japan this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 5 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 percent live.

Denken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Denken has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dehnken921/
Daenken920/
Dehncken860/
Denkin83208/
Dinken8373/
Denkyn8316/
Dencen834/
Denkina77135/
Denkyna7720/
Dingken774/
Doenkin772/
Doenkyn772/
Denchen772/
Demkeng771/
Denkinn771/
Denquen771/
Dinkn731/
Dynkn731/
Dengchen71132/
Deenkina711/
Dinkengh711/
Dinkin67860/
Dynkin67178/
Dynkyn6724/
Denkinova679/
Dencin675/
Dinkenova674/
Denkim671/
Demkem671/
Dinkyn671/

Denken Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Denken in the Russian language
Денкенdenken-

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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 Denken
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