Elskens Surname

769,129th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 370 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Elskens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Elskens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium3241:35,4835,784
France281:2,372,240182,981
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Elskens Last Name Facts

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

The surname Elskens is carried by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Elskens.

How Common Is The Last Name Elskens? popularity and diffusion

Elskens is the 769,129th most commonly held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 19,696,070 people. The last name Elskens occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Elskens are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 69 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Elskens is most common in Belgium, where it is held by 324 people, or 1 in 35,483. In Belgium it is mostly concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 78 percent are found, Brussels Capital Region, where 19 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 3 percent are found. Besides Belgium Elskens exists in 5 countries. It is also common in France, where 8 percent are found and The United States, where 4 percent are found.

Elskens Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Elskens has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Elskens Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Elskens surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered with the party.

Elskens earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 25.47% more than the national average, earning $54,141 USD per year.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Elskens
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