Nölken Surname
Approximately 169 people bear this surname
Nölken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 166 | 1:484,973 | 41,888 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Nölken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nölken Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nölken occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Nölken.
How Common Is The Last Name Nölken? popularity and diffusion
Nölken is the 1,328,442nd most frequent surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 43,121,573 people. The surname Nölken is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Nölken reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
Nölken is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 166 people, or 1 in 484,973. In Germany Nölken is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 92 percent reside, Bavaria, where 4 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 1 percent reside. Other than Germany this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 1 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nelken | 83 | 441 | / |
| Nülken | 83 | 13 | / |
| Nilken | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nuelken | 77 | 56 | / |
| Noelken | 77 | 40 | / |
| Neulken | 77 | 10 | / |
| Nilkeng | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nielken | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nyløkken | 71 | 113 | / |
| Nölchenn | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nelkin | 67 | 610 | / |
| Nilkin | 67 | 23 | / |
| Nylkyn | 67 | 8 | / |
| Nelkyn | 67 | 8 | / |
| Nilcen | 67 | 7 | / |
| Nilkhn | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nelkina | 62 | 68 | / |
| Nilkina | 62 | 36 | / |
| Nelkyna | 62 | 14 | / |
| Nylkyna | 62 | 6 | / |
| Gnilkin | 62 | 2 | / |
| Neelkin | 62 | 2 | / |
| Nilking | 62 | 1 | / |
| Noelkin | 62 | 0 | / |
| Nehelkyna | 53 | 1 | / |
| Nehelking | 53 | 1 | / |
| Nelcin | 50 | 3 | / |
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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 Nölken
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