Lempken Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Lempken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Lempken 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
Germany321:2,515,796126,826
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Lempken Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lempken is found most frequently in Germany. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Lempken.

How Common Is The Last Name Lempken? popularity and diffusion

Lempken is the 3,323,005th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 91 percent of Lempken live; 91 percent live in Western Europe and 91 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Lempken is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 2,515,796. In Germany it is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 97 percent live and Schleswig-Holstein, where 3 percent live. Barring Germany this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 9 percent live.

Lempken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Lempken has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Lempken surname increased 150 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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
Lembken8623/
Lempkin867/
Lampken860/
Lanmpken801/
Lampkin717,777/
Limpkin7164/
Lompkin714/
Lenpkin710/
Leimpkim671/
Lambpkin671/
Lesmbkin670/
Lamppkin670/
Lambkin571,266/
Lanpkin573/
Lampqin571/
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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 Lempken
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