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Where Does The Last Name Orken Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Orken (Russian: Оркен) is carried by more people in Kazakhstan than any other country/territory. It can also be found as: Örken or Örkén. For other potential spellings of Orken click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Orken? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name is the 1,649,806^th most commonly held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 60,227,652 people. The last name Orken occurs predominantly in Asia, where 62 percent of Orken reside; 60 percent reside in Central Asia and 60 percent reside in Islamo-Slavic Central Asia. It is also the 15,660^th most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 60,964 people.

The last name Orken is most prevalent in Kazakhstan, where it is borne by 74 people, or 1 in 238,953. In Kazakhstan Orken is most numerous in: Almaty, where 28 percent live, South Kazakhstan Region, where 27 percent live and Astana, where 23 percent live. Barring Kazakhstan this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 33 percent live and Australia, where 2 percent live.

Orken Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Orken has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Orken surname contracted 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Orken Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Orken surname is principally Jewish (100%) in Ireland and Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan.