Lürken Surname

723,769th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 402 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Lürken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lürken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4011:200,76223,045
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

The alternate forms: Lurken (158) are calculated separately.

Lürken Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lürken is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: Lurken. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lürken? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lürken is the 723,769th most prevalent surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,128,224 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Lürken reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

Lürken is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 401 people, or 1 in 200,762. In Germany it is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 90 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 3 percent live and Bavaria, where 2 percent live. Beside Germany Lürken is found in one country. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lurken94158/
Lorken8319/
Lirken831/
Luerken7722/
Loerken771/
Lorkin67577/
Lurkin67501/
Lirkin679/
Lurcen671/
Lorkyn671/
Lurkina625/
Lurking624/
Lyurkin623/
Laurkin621/
Lirquen621/
Lurquen621/
Lurchen620/
Laurkina572/
Lurcin502/
Lurkim501/

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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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  • 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 Lürken
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