Gafken Surname
Approximately 67 people bear this surname
Gafken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 67 | 1:5,409,835 | 270,257 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Gafken Demographics
Gafken Political Affiliation
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Gafken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gafken Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gafken is most common in The United States. It can appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gafken? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,333,370th most frequent family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 108,769,342 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 84 percent of Gafken live; 84 percent live in North America and 84 percent live in Anglo-North America.
The last name Gafken is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 67 people, or 1 in 5,409,835. In The United States Gafken is most numerous in: Indiana, where 24 percent live, Michigan, where 22 percent live and California, where 6 percent live.
Gafken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gafken has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 2,233 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gafken Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Gafken surname are 17.52% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 64.29% being registered to vote for the political party.
Gafken earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 7.34% less than the national average, earning $39,983 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaffken | 92 | 8 | / |
| Gasfken | 92 | 1 | / |
| Afken | 91 | 88 | / |
| Gefken | 83 | 512 | / |
| Hafken | 83 | 14 | / |
| Gafkin | 83 | 7 | / |
| Gabken | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ajfken | 83 | 1 | / |
| Aifken | 83 | 1 | / |
| Afkeen | 83 | 1 | / |
| Afkn | 80 | 2 | / |
| Geffken | 77 | 547 | / |
| Ngafkin | 77 | 42 | / |
| Gefcken | 77 | 18 | / |
| Gaffkin | 77 | 2 | / |
| Gafkina | 77 | 2 | / |
| Afkin | 73 | 5 | / |
| Geffcken | 71 | 25 | / |
| Gefffken | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngaffkin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hawken | 67 | 3,823 | / |
| Hafkin | 67 | 100 | / |
| Gavkin | 67 | 66 | / |
| Gawcen | 67 | 22 | / |
| Hofken | 67 | 10 | / |
| Afqeen | 67 | 3 | / |
| Aphken | 67 | 3 | / |
| Affkin | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gäbken | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gefkin | 67 | 0 | / |
| Gawkin | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Gafken
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