Lamken Surname

853,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 320 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Germany

Lamken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lamken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1981:1,830,601119,637
Germany1141:706,18853,880
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States391:1,287,65971,386

The alternate forms: Lamkén (9) are calculated separately.

Lamken Last Name Facts

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

Lamken has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Lamkén. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lamken? popularity and diffusion

The last name Lamken is the 853,416th most numerous last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 22,773,581 people. The surname Lamken is predominantly found in The Americas, where 62 percent of Lamken live; 62 percent live in North America and 62 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 198 people, or 1 in 1,830,601. In The United States Lamken is most numerous in: Illinois, where 15 percent live, New Jersey, where 11 percent live and Missouri, where 10 percent live. Besides The United States this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 36 percent live and Czechia, where 2 percent live.

Lamken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Lamken has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lamken surname grew 508 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lamken Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Lamken last name are 9.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.14% being registered to vote for the political party.

Lamken earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.76% more than the national average, earning $43,908 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lamkén949/
Lamcken9225/
Lamckuen861/
Lamkin835,197/
Lemken83515/
Lamkyn837/
Laymkn834/
Lamkem832/
Lamcen831/
Lomken831/
Lyamkin771,829/
Lamkina77143/
Lamkyna7712/
Lamchen773/
Lemcken772/
Lämmken771/
Lamckin771/
Lamquen771/
Lamkint771/
Liamkin771/
Lamkinn770/
Lyamkina711,938/
Lämmcken7112/
Liamkina717/
Lammchen713/
Lemkienė712/
Liamking711/
Lemkin67447/
Lomkin67320/
Lemkyn6711/
Lomkyn677/
Lamcin673/
Lomkina62247/
Lamchin62163/
Lamquin6279/
Lyomkin6218/
Lomking6216/
Lomkyna629/
Lämchen623/
Lyomkina5723/

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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 Lamken
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