Gebken Surname

429,044th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 804 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Gebken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gebken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany6611:121,79314,902
United States1361:2,665,139160,299
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
England11:55,718,059489,080
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Gebken Last Name Facts

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

Gebken is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gebken? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 429,044th most frequent surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 9,064,112 people. The last name Gebken is predominantly found in Europe, where 83 percent of Gebken reside; 82 percent reside in Western Europe and 82 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 661 people, or 1 in 121,793. In Germany it is most common in: Lower Saxony, where 88 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 7 percent are found and Hesse, where 3 percent are found. Beside Germany Gebken occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 17 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.

Gebken Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Gebken surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 66.67% registered with the party.

Gebken earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.53% less than the national average, earning $42,921 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Giebken9272/
Goebken921/
Ebken91119/
Gepken83106/
Gabken832/
Sebken831/
Gäbken831/
Gebkin831/
Ebkent831/
Siebken77176/
Ziebken770/
Gehvken770/
Ebkem7321/
Ebcen737/
Ebkin733/
Epken731/
Sepken6737/
Gepcen6720/
Gibkin6713/
Hepken6710/
Cepken674/
Gybkin673/
Gapken672/
Sebkin672/
Gobkin672/
Evgken671/
Jepken671/
Gabkin671/
Gyvken670/

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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 Gebken
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