Lemkins Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Lemkins Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lemkins Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia161:128,12818,914
United States161:22,653,683662,747

Lemkins Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lemkins is more frequently found in Latvia than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lemkins? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lemkins is the 3,485,539th most frequently used last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. Lemkins is mostly found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Lemkins reside; 50 percent reside in North America and 50 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently used in Latvia, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 128,128. In Latvia it is most numerous in: Kurzeme Planning Region, where 81 percent reside, Riga Planning Region, where 13 percent reside and Latgale, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account Latvia Lemkins exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 50 percent reside.

Lemkins Last Name Statistics demography

Lemkins earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.34% less than the national average, earning $41,708 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lamkins86363/
Lemkens86250/
Lenkins861/
Lomkins861/
Limkins860/
Lenckins800/
Linkins71501/
Lenkens71166/
Lynkins715/
Lamkens710/
Lemchens6715/
Glinkins678/
Leunckens6328/
Linkens57292/
Linckens53171/
Linquinst501/

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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 Lemkins
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