Jilkén Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Jilkén Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 35 | 1:281,336 | 19,530 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Jilken (4) are calculated separately.
Jilkén Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jilkén Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jilkén is carried by more people in Sweden than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Jilken. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jilkén? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,274,477th most frequently held family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Jilkén reside; 97 percent reside in Northern Europe and 97 percent reside in Scandinavia.
The last name Jilkén is most frequently held in Sweden, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 281,336. In Sweden Jilkén is most numerous in: Kalmar County, where 37 percent are found, Stockholm County, where 37 percent are found and Skåne County, where 17 percent are found. Not including Sweden it occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jilken | 94 | 4 | / |
| Jilkin | 83 | 58 | / |
| Jälkén | 83 | 4 | / |
| Jilkina | 77 | 33 | / |
| Jillkne | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ilkin | 73 | 1,637 | / |
| Ilken | 73 | 105 | / |
| Jelkn | 73 | 1 | / |
| Silkin | 67 | 5,921 | / |
| Hilken | 67 | 884 | / |
| Ilkina | 67 | 622 | / |
| Yilkin | 67 | 611 | / |
| Jelken | 67 | 266 | / |
| Silken | 67 | 211 | / |
| Zilken | 67 | 135 | / |
| Eilken | 67 | 133 | / |
| Gilkin | 67 | 124 | / |
| Hilkin | 67 | 120 | / |
| Jelkin | 67 | 81 | / |
| Ilcken | 67 | 76 | / |
| Gilken | 67 | 20 | / |
| Zilkin | 67 | 16 | / |
| Hylkén | 67 | 15 | / |
| Iolkin | 67 | 9 | / |
| Gelkén | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ailken | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hilcén | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ilking | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jelkne | 67 | 2 | / |
| Žilkin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cilkin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uilken | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ielkin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jsielcken | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yilken | 67 | 0 | / |
| Oilken | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Jilkén
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