Firken Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Firken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Firken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland101:374,32210,959
England11:24,375,369195,128

Firken (3) may also be a first name.

Firken Last Name Facts

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

Firken is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Firken? popularity and diffusion

Firken is the 10,311,814th most commonly used surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Firken are found; 67 percent are found in North America and 67 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 7,463,778th most common first name globally, borne by 3 people.

The surname Firken is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is most common in: Virginia, where 100 percent live. Barring The United States it is found in one country. It also occurs in Australia, where 33 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fihrken920/
Firkin83536/
Ferken8326/
Furken8326/
Freken8313/
Fuhrken77594/
Firkina7721/
Fercken7714/
Frecken777/
Firckin772/
Firking771/
Furhken771/
Firchen770/
Furkin67231/
Ferkin67140/
Verken6766/
Fyrkin6731/
Virkin675/
Fercen674/
Furkyn672/
Firqin672/
Frecnh672/
Fyrkyn671/
Fuhrkn671/

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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 Firken
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