Lörken Surname

1,980,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 89 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Lörken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lörken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany871:925,35065,249
Norway21:2,571,14395,402

The alternate forms: Lorken (19) are calculated separately.

Lörken Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lörken occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant: Lorken. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lörken? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,980,395th most commonly occurring surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 81,882,538 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Lörken are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 87 people, or 1 in 925,350. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 56 percent live, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 26 percent live and Hesse, where 7 percent live. Barring Germany it exists in one country. It is also common in Norway, where 2 percent live.

Lörken Last Name Statistics demography

Lörken earn somewhat less than the average income. In Norway they earn 7.48% less than the national average, earning 320,185 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lorken9419/
Larken83321/
Lerken831/
Lehrken771/
Lörchen771/
Loerken771/
Larkn731/
Larkin6761,562/
Lorkin67577/
Lerkin6725/
Lerkén674/
Lorkyn671/
Larcuen6219/
Lärking6211/
Lärkäng628/
Larckin624/
Larkinn623/
Larquen621/
Larkkin621/
Llarkin620/
L'Larkin571/
Larcn551/
Larcén502/

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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
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  • 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 Lörken
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