Henker Surname
Approximately 2,746 people bear this surname
Henker Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,822 | 1:44,185 | 5,788 |
| Brazil | 518 | 1:413,271 | 15,694 |
| United States | 197 | 1:1,839,893 | 120,150 |
| Colombia | 52 | 1:918,732 | 8,918 |
| Canada | 51 | 1:722,463 | 57,796 |
| Argentina | 42 | 1:1,017,700 | 63,321 |
| Switzerland | 11 | 1:746,629 | 49,719 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Panama | 3 | 1:1,304,086 | 13,647 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 76 | 1:660,772 | 43,333 |
Henker (13) may also be a first name.
Henker Demographics
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Henker Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Henker Come From? nationality or country of origin
Henker (Arabic: حنقر) occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Henker? popularity and diffusion
The surname Henker is the 158,951st most common surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,653,877 people. The surname Henker occurs predominantly in Europe, where 68 percent of Henker live; 67 percent live in Western Europe and 67 percent live in Germanic Europe. Henker is also the 3,159,357th most commonly occurring forename internationally, borne by 13 people.
The surname is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 1,822 people, or 1 in 44,185. In Germany it is most frequent in: Saxony, where 64 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 6 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 5 percent live. Excluding Germany it is found in 25 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 19 percent live and The United States, where 7 percent live.
Henker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Henker has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Henker surname rose 259 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Henker Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Henker last name are 24.66% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 71.43% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Henker earn in different countries varies significantly. In Colombia they earn 5.56% more than the national average, earning $23,964,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 27.32% more than the national average, earning $54,936 USD per year and in Canada they earn 38.3% more than the national average, earning $68,714 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Henker Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Henker in the Arabic language | ||
| حنقر | hnqr | - |
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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 Henker
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