Nilkens Surname
Approximately 174 people bear this surname
Nilkens Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 170 | 1:473,562 | 41,271 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Nilkens Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nilkens Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nilkens is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nilkens? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,300,225th most commonly used surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 41,882,448 people. The last name Nilkens occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Nilkens reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most widespread in Germany, where it is borne by 170 people, or 1 in 473,562. In Germany Nilkens is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 85 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 11 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 3 percent are found. Not including Germany Nilkens occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 1 percent are found and Thailand, where 1 percent are found.
Nilkens Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Nilkens has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Nilkens surname contracted 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nielckens | 88 | 1 | / |
| Nelkens | 86 | 8 | / |
| Nulkens | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nilkins | 86 | 0 | / |
| Nilchens | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ney-Wilkens | 78 | 1 | / |
| Nollekens | 75 | 16 | / |
| Nalukense | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nulkins | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nye-Wilkins | 67 | 6 | / |
| Nelkinas | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kneellkns | 63 | 0 | / |
| Nalukwansi | 59 | 2 | / |
| Knoll-Knaus | 56 | 6 | / |
| Neill-Higgins | 50 | 1 | / |
| Nollekins | 50 | 0 | / |
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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 Nilkens
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