Elken Surname
Approximately 650 people bear this surname
Elken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 166 | 1:2,183,488 | 137,532 |
| Estonia | 146 | 1:9,053 | 1,249 |
| Nigeria | 114 | 1:1,553,884 | 58,636 |
| Netherlands | 61 | 1:276,839 | 34,217 |
| Turkey | 55 | 1:1,414,935 | 56,482 |
| Denmark | 49 | 1:115,198 | 10,655 |
| Sweden | 20 | 1:492,338 | 35,486 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 10 | 1:2,437,537 | 68,340 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 33 | 1:1,521,778 | 81,120 |
Elken (181) may also be a first name.
Elken Demographics
Average Elken Salary in
United States
$51,147 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Elken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elken Come From? nationality or country of origin
Elken (Russian: Елкен) occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Elken click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Elken? popularity and diffusion
It is the 504,985th most commonly used last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 11,211,609 people. Elken is mostly found in Europe, where 50 percent of Elken are found; 34 percent are found in Northern Europe and 26 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 677,199th most numerous forename worldwide It is held by 181 people.
It is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 166 people, or 1 in 2,183,488. In The United States Elken is mostly found in: Minnesota, where 14 percent are found, Colorado, where 11 percent are found and Washington, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this surname exists in 21 countries. It also occurs in Estonia, where 22 percent are found and Nigeria, where 18 percent are found.
Elken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Elken has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 503 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 90 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Elken Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Elken last name are 23.6% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 70.37% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Elken earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 9.29% more than the national average, earning 378,242 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 96.53% less than the national average, earning R 8,256 per year; in United States they earn 18.54% more than the national average, earning $51,147 USD per year and in Canada they earn 277.07% more than the national average, earning $187,342 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Elken Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Elken in the Russian language | ||
| Елкен | elken | - |
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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 Elken
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