Henckens Surname

535,476th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 602 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Henckens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Henckens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium4021:28,5994,591
Netherlands1521:111,10017,774
Germany271:2,981,684140,707
France71:9,488,960336,266
England61:9,286,343223,652
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Henckens Last Name Facts

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

Henckens occurs in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Henckens click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Henckens? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 535,476th most common surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 12,105,558 people. The last name Henckens occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Henckens live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Henckens is most numerous in Belgium, where it is borne by 402 people, or 1 in 28,599. In Belgium it is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 98 percent live, Walloon Region, where 2 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 0 percent live. Barring Belgium Henckens is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 25 percent live and Germany, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Henkens931,057/
Heinckiens892/
Hienkens8891/
Heinkens8885/
Hennkens8818/
Genckens881/
Encens861/
Henkins80282/
Hinkens80219/
Hemkens8096/
Genkens8055/
Hankens8019/
Honkens801/
Oenkens801/
Ihnkens800/
Aenkens800/
Jengkens753/
Jenckins751/
Haenkins751/
Hennkins750/
Jinckens750/
Hanckins750/
Jennkens750/
Inkens7148/
Emkens7120/
Enkins718/
Ankens716/
Genkns712/
Heinekenz711/
Jnkens711/
Hankins6728,659/
Hinkins67606/
Jinkens67316/
Genkins67110/
Ginkens6795/
Hemkems673/
Honkins673/
Anckins672/
Enkenze671/
Ienkins671/
Ejnkins671/
Ainkens671/
Yinkens670/
Hemkins670/

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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 Henckens
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