Meulkens Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Belgium

Meulkens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Meulkens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands221:767,59958,330
Belgium191:605,08754,956

Meulkens Last Name Facts

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

Meulkens is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Meulkens click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Meulkens? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,055,934th most frequent family name globally, held by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Meulkens live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 90 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 767,599. In The Netherlands Meulkens is most numerous in: South Holland, where 50 percent live, North Brabant, where 45 percent live and Gelderland, where 5 percent live. Apart from The Netherlands this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Belgium, where 46 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mulkens93748/
Melkens931/
Muylkens8868/
Muilkens8826/
Melkns861/
Muijlkens8243/
Mulkins80474/
Molkens80159/
Milkens8026/
Mülkens8010/
Melkins804/
Michelkens7855/
Malkenæs752/
Maulkins751/
Melchens750/
Mullkins750/
Metelkins711/
Mlkins710/
Milkins671,050/
Malkins6726/
Molkems670/
Molkins670/
Milkence630/
Milchens630/
Mallkins630/
Milkench630/
Milcins531/
Millkims500/
Milchins500/

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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 Meulkens
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