Oetken Surname
Approximately 2,276 people bear this surname
Oetken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,458 | 1:55,216 | 7,164 |
| United States | 807 | 1:449,144 | 38,490 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 29 | 1:1,731,679 | 89,620 |
Oetken Demographics
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Oetken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oetken Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oetken occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oetken? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 186,108th most commonly occurring last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,201,909 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 64 percent of Oetken reside; 64 percent reside in Western Europe and 64 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most commonly used in Germany, where it is held by 1,458 people, or 1 in 55,216. In Germany Oetken is primarily concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 73 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 5 percent are found and Hamburg, where 4 percent are found. Beside Germany it exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 35 percent are found and Argentina, where 0 percent are found.
Oetken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Oetken has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Oetken surname rose 2,783 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Oetken Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Oetken are 26.15% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 72.92% being registered with the political party.
Oetken earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 5.21% more than the national average, earning $45,395 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goetken | 92 | 36 | / |
| Oetcken | 92 | 1 | / |
| Otken | 91 | 191 | / |
| Etken | 91 | 147 | / |
| Goedtken | 86 | 3 | / |
| Yetken | 83 | 162 | / |
| Eytken | 83 | 2 | / |
| Eitken | 83 | 2 | / |
| Oetkin | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ottken | 83 | 1 | / |
| Odtken | 83 | 1 | / |
| Outken | 83 | 1 | / |
| Goedken | 77 | 608 | / |
| Oetking | 77 | 19 | / |
| Goetkin | 77 | 6 | / |
| Etkin | 73 | 1,000 | / |
| Ötken | 73 | 719 | / |
| Otkin | 73 | 137 | / |
| Atken | 73 | 54 | / |
| Utken | 73 | 34 | / |
| Etkyn | 73 | 13 | / |
| Otkyn | 73 | 6 | / |
| Edken | 73 | 4 | / |
| Odken | 73 | 2 | / |
| Oytkn | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oettchen | 71 | 20 | / |
| Oettking | 71 | 5 | / |
| O'Aitken | 71 | 1 | / |
| Aitken | 67 | 36,514 | / |
| Yetkin | 67 | 13,818 | / |
| Ettkin | 67 | 28 | / |
| Ootkin | 67 | 12 | / |
| Outkin | 67 | 9 | / |
| Attken | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hotkyn | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hetkin | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hetkyn | 67 | 2 | / |
| Atkeen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Etquen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hotkin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Houetchen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eitcen | 67 | 0 | / |
| Outcen | 67 | 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
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- 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 Oetken
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