Firkens Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Firkens Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Firkens Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Firkens Come From? nationality or country of origin
Firkens occurs most in Germany. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Firkens? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,723,624th most common surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Firkens occurs predominantly in Europe, where 88 percent of Firkens reside; 75 percent reside in Western Europe and 75 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 13,417,576. In Germany it is primarily found in: Hesse, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 13 percent reside and The United States, where 13 percent reside.
Firkens Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Firkens has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Firkens surname decreased 87 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Firkens
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