Hölken Surname
Approximately 284 people bear this surname
Hölken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 282 | 1:285,480 | 29,786 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Holken (30) are calculated separately.
Hölken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hölken Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hölken is most common in Germany. It can occur in the variant forms: Holken. For other potential spellings of Hölken click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hölken? popularity and diffusion
The last name Hölken is the 928,396th most frequently held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 25,660,373 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Hölken reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname Hölken is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 282 people, or 1 in 285,480. In Germany Hölken is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 70 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 9 percent reside and Schleswig-Holstein, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Germany it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 0 percent reside and Switzerland, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holken | 94 | 30 | / |
| Ölken | 91 | 4 | / |
| Halken | 83 | 115 | / |
| Helken | 83 | 86 | / |
| Ehlken | 83 | 32 | / |
| Helkenn | 77 | 173 | / |
| Hoelken | 77 | 27 | / |
| Chalken | 77 | 8 | / |
| Chelken | 77 | 1 | / |
| Helcken | 77 | 0 | / |
| Halkien | 77 | 0 | / |
| Halkenn | 77 | 0 | / |
| Alken | 73 | 717 | / |
| Elken | 73 | 650 | / |
| Olken | 73 | 539 | / |
| Ölcen | 73 | 1 | / |
| Halkyn | 67 | 3,582 | / |
| Halkin | 67 | 506 | / |
| Helkin | 67 | 104 | / |
| Aalken | 67 | 78 | / |
| Holkin | 67 | 77 | / |
| Holløkken | 67 | 40 | / |
| Aelken | 67 | 20 | / |
| Holkyn | 67 | 15 | / |
| Olcken | 67 | 8 | / |
| Allken | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ahlkin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uilken | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Hölken
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