Lenkow Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Lenkow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lenkow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland141:2,714,911112,031
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Lenkow Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lenkow is found in Poland more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lenkow? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,649,889th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 94 percent of Lenkow live; 78 percent live in Eastern Europe and 78 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

The last name Lenkow is most numerous in Poland, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 2,714,911. Excluding Poland it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 17 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lenkov833,027/
Linkow8366/
Lemkow8351/
Lenkof831/
Lenkova773,400/
Lenkoff7719/
Leenkov7714/
Linkowa773/
Lennkov773/
Laenkov773/
Lenkovs772/
Luenkov771/
Lengkov771/
Linkhow770/
Lenkhoev7173/
Lehenkov7125/
Lenkhoff715/
Leenkova711/
Lengkoff710/
Linkov673,892/
Lynkov67542/
Lemkov67133/
Lencov67118/
Lincow6740/
Lehenkova6721/
Linkof6714/
Lyncow671/
Lenkaf671/
Linków671/

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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 Lenkow
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