Mulkens Surname

453,475th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 748 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Mulkens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mulkens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands4371:38,6436,535
Belgium2751:41,8066,850
Switzerland171:483,11334,678
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
France21:33,211,361423,184
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

The alternate forms: Mülkens (10) are calculated separately.

Mulkens Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mulkens is found most in The Netherlands. It can also be found in the variant forms: Mülkens. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mulkens? popularity and diffusion

Mulkens is the 453,475th most commonly held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 9,742,708 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Mulkens reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 81 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is held by 437 people, or 1 in 38,643. In The Netherlands Mulkens is primarily found in: Limburg, where 49 percent reside, North Brabant, where 29 percent reside and North Holland, where 7 percent reside. Other than The Netherlands this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 37 percent reside and Switzerland, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mülkens9510/
Muylkens9368/
Meulkens9341/
Muilkens9326/
Muijlkens8843/
Mulkins86474/
Molkens86159/
Maulkins801/
Mullkins800/
Molkins710/

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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 Mulkens
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