Garken Surname

2,372,517th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 65 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Garken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Garken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany621:1,298,47582,291
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Garken Last Name Facts

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

Garken (Russian: Гаркен) occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Garken.

How Common Is The Last Name Garken? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,372,517th most frequently used surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. Garken occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Garken live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 62 people, or 1 in 1,298,475. In Germany Garken is primarily concentrated in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 85 percent reside and Saxony, where 15 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany Garken is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent reside and Kazakhstan, where 2 percent reside.

Garken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Garken has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Garken last name fell 85 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Garcken9211/
Gaerken921/
Arken91171/
Gaehrken863/
Gerken8314,473/
Görken831,674/
Harken83954/
Garkin83790/
Garcen83190/
Gorken8353/
Arcken8335/
Arkeen8323/
Aarken832/
Arkn803/
Garkina77706/
Gehrken77663/
Gercken77662/
Gährken7757/
Harcken7724/
Gorcken779/
Goerken774/
Hearken773/
Harkeen771/
Göhrken771/
Garckin770/
Arkin734,683/
Orken73121/
Arcen7386/
Arkyn737/
Gorkn737/
Arkın736/
Arkén732/
Harkn731/
Arkenova71120/
Gehrcken7111/
Goercken718/
Gerkienė714/
Harkin679,294/
Garcin678,260/
Gerkin671,271/
Gorkin671,160/
Archen67278/
Arqeen67218/
Orkeen67187/
Arkina6763/
Harkyn6760/
Horken6737/
Arkyna6717/
Harkén6717/
Arkäng676/
Garcín675/
Garcén675/
Gorcen673/
Aarkin673/
Orkent672/
Harcen672/
Garkinova672/
Arquen672/
Orcken671/
Arkuin671/
Orkien671/
Asrkin671/
Arckin671/
Ayrkin671/
Görcen671/

Garken Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Garken in the Russian language
Гаркенgarken-

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Garken
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis