Nolken Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Nolken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nolken Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea231:354,50947,011
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
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  • Religious Adherence in:
    Ireland

Nolken Demographics

Nolken Religious Adherence
in Ireland

Sample size: 1 (1901)

Religious Adherence
in Ireland

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Nolken Last Name Facts

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

Nolken (Russian: Нолькен) occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nolken? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,665,662nd most frequently held last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. It is mostly found in Oceania, where 79 percent of Nolken live; 79 percent live in Oceania Islands and 79 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 354,509. In Papua New Guinea Nolken is most prevalent in: East New Britain, where 100 percent are found. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Russia, where 21 percent are found.

Nolken Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Noelken9240/
Nolcken925/
Ngolken921/
Nülken8313/
Nolkin831/
Nalken830/
Neulken7710/
Nolkyna771/
Noelkin770/
Nosilkin718/
Naulkaen711/
Nalkin6751/
Nalkyn672/
Nolcin671/
Nulkin671/
Nalkina6259/
Nalkyna625/
Nulkina623/
Nahalkina531/
Nalcin503/
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Nolken Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nolken in the Russian language
Нолькенnolken-

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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 Nolken
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