Gaken Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Gaken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 37 | 1:9,796,187 | 405,931 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
The alternate forms: Gäken (22) are calculated separately.
Gaken (54) may also be a first name.
Gaken Demographics
Gaken Political Affiliation
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Gaken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaken Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gaken (Russian: Гакен) occurs most in The United States. It can also be rendered as a variant: Gäken. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaken? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gaken is the 2,689,253rd most frequent surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 71 percent of Gaken are found; 71 percent are found in North America and 71 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Gaken is also the 1,350,955th most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 54 people.
Gaken is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 9,796,187. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Michigan, where 54 percent reside, Massachusetts, where 22 percent reside and New York, where 19 percent reside. Besides The United States this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 15 percent reside and Russia, where 10 percent reside.
Gaken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gaken has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Gaken last name fell 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Gaken Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Gaken surname are 8.79% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55.56% registered to vote for the party.
Gaken earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.67% less than the national average, earning $38,978 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gaken Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gaken in the Russian language | ||
| Гакен | gaken | - |
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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 Gaken
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