Höltken Surname

1,014,722nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 250 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Höltken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Höltken Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2471:325,93332,466
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Holtken (2) are calculated separately.

Höltken Last Name Facts

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

Höltken is most common in Germany. It may also be rendered as: Holtken. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Höltken? popularity and diffusion

The last name Höltken is the 1,014,722nd most widespread surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 29,150,184 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Höltken live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 247 people, or 1 in 325,933. In Germany Höltken is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 81 percent live, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 7 percent live and Bavaria, where 5 percent live. Barring Germany this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Finland, where 1 percent live and Spain, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Holtken952/
Hoeltken8017/
Altken7719/
Hoeltkenn751/
Altkeen711/
Eldken62275/
Altkin6224/
Aldken621/
Holdkyn573/
Aldkn501/

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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
  • 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 Höltken
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