Dunken Surname

415,769th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 837 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Dunken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dunken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi3141:54,5197,527
United States2141:1,693,733112,431
Germany1011:797,08458,657
Tanzania771:687,55339,898
Philippines641:1,581,847107,292
Zimbabwe271:571,78744,609
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
Panama51:782,45211,059
England51:11,143,612252,590
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Malta11:430,2723,380
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Isle of Man71:7,753762
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3351:149,90713,916

Dunken (404) may also be a first name.

Dunken Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dunken (Russian: Дункен) is found most in Malawi. It may be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Dunken? popularity and diffusion

It is the 415,769th most commonly held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 8,706,745 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Dunken reside; 41 percent reside in Southern Africa and 41 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Dunken is also the 429,175th most common given name globally, held by 404 people.

The surname is most widely held in Malawi, where it is borne by 314 people, or 1 in 54,519. Excluding Malawi this last name occurs in 21 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 26 percent live and Germany, where 12 percent live.

Dunken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Dunken has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Dunken surname decreased 36 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Dunken Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Dunken surname are 4.75% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 51.52% registered with the political party.

Dunken earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 28.33% less than the national average, earning $30,926 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dunkent920/
Duncken920/
Dunkenn920/
Dounkeng86141/
Daungken861/
Dunkin835,591/
Donken83153/
Dunkyn8311/
Duncen8311/
Dunkhn831/
Dunkem830/
Dunkina77168/
Dunkyna7713/
Dungkin778/
Dunckin773/
Dongken771/
Dounkin771/
Dunnkin770/
Dunchen770/
Dauncen770/
Duncn735/
Doonkeen7176/
Dušenkin718/
Doumkeng711/
Duncking710/
Donkin674,350/
Duncin6718/
Donkyn678/
Doungchen674/
Dunkim673/
Dunkinová671/
Doumgkeng671/
Dunkinova671/
Dunccn670/
Dongkin626/
Dunchin623/
Doenkyn622/
Doenkin622/
Dungchin571/
Dumkn551/
Doungchin532/
Dumkin50342/
Dumkyn5023/

Dunken Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dunken in the Russian language
Дункенdunken-

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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 Dunken
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