Mürkens Surname
Approximately 192 people bear this surname
Mürkens Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 191 | 1:421,495 | 38,230 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
The alternate forms: Murkens (142) are calculated separately.
Mürkens Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mürkens Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mürkens is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Murkens. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mürkens? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mürkens is the 1,218,745th most frequently used last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 37,955,968 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Mürkens reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name Mürkens is most widespread in Germany, where it is held by 191 people, or 1 in 421,495. In Germany Mürkens is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 91 percent live, Bavaria, where 4 percent live and Hesse, where 2 percent live. Apart from Germany this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Austria, where 1 percent live.
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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 Mürkens
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