Efken Surname

1,202,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 196 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Efken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Efken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1351:596,33748,011
United States581:6,249,292299,206
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Efken Last Name Facts

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

Efken is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Efken? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,202,518th most frequently held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 37,181,357 people. The last name Efken occurs predominantly in Europe, where 69 percent of Efken live; 69 percent live in Western Europe and 69 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most commonly held in Germany, where it is carried by 135 people, or 1 in 596,337. In Germany it is most numerous in: Lower Saxony, where 87 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 13 percent live and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 1 percent live. Excluding Germany it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 30 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.

Efken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Efken has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Efken last name grew 2,900 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Efken Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Efken last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 100% registered with the political party.

Efken earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 7.49% more than the national average, earning $46,380 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gefken91512/
Effken9147/
Hefken911/
Geffken83547/
Heufken8365/
Hoefken8351/
Heffken8327/
Gefcken8318/
Ebken80119/
Afken8088/
Efkin800/
Hoeffken77158/
Geffcken7725/
Gefffken771/
Höfken73582/
Hefkin7317/
Hafken7314/
Hofken7310/
Jefkin732/
Efkind731/
Efkinn731/
Afkeen731/
Yefkin731/
Aifken731/
Evgken731/
Ajfken731/
Heffkn730/
Gefkin730/
Höffken67958/
Hoffken6735/
Effquen6711/
Jeffkin676/
Afkn672/
Ifkn671/
Euffkin671/
Efcn671/
Hoefkin670/
Giffken670/
Gehvken670/

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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 Efken
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