Looken Surname
Approximately 79 people bear this surname
Looken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 61 | 1:867,895 | 43,770 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Looken (12) may also be a first name.
Looken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Looken Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Looken occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Looken? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,121,169th most prevalent last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 92,247,417 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 78 percent of Looken reside; 77 percent reside in East Africa and 77 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most prevalent forename at a global level, held by 12 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 61 people, or 1 in 867,895. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 92 percent live and Tanga Region, where 7 percent live. Barring Tanzania Looken exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Estonia, where 15 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.
Looken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Looken has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 57 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Looken
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