Lorken Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Norway

Lorken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lorken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385

The alternate forms: Lörken (89) are calculated separately.

Lorken Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lorken (Russian: Лоркен) has its highest incidence in Germany. It can be rendered as a variant: Lörken. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lorken? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,532,898th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. Lorken occurs mostly in Europe, where 79 percent of Lorken reside; 63 percent reside in Western Europe and 63 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 6,708,788. In Germany Lorken is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 16 percent reside and Russia, where 11 percent reside.

Lorken Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lörken9489/
Loerken921/
Lorkin83577/
Lürken83402/
Larken83321/
Lurken83158/
Lorkyn831/
Lerken831/
Lorcen830/
Lorkina7746/
Lehrken771/
Larkent770/
Larkn731/
Larkin6761,562/
Lurkin67501/
Larkyn67458/
Lorcin67160/
Larcen6764/
Lerkin6725/
Lerkén674/
Lurcen671/

Lorken Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lorken in the Russian language
Лоркенlorken-

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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 Lorken
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