Pelken Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Pelken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 18 | 1:4,472,526 | 177,866 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
Pelken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pelken Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pelken is most common in Germany. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pelken? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pelken is the 4,206,983rd most frequent surname on earth, held by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Pelken reside; 82 percent reside in Western Europe and 82 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most widespread in Germany, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 4,472,526. In Germany Pelken is mostly concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 44 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 44 percent reside. Besides Germany Pelken occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 14 percent reside and The United States, where 5 percent reside.
Pelken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Pelken has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Pelken surname declined 57 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pielken | 92 | 59 | / |
| Peulken | 92 | 33 | / |
| Pehlken | 92 | 32 | / |
| Pelkin | 83 | 113 | / |
| Pelkyn | 83 | 7 | / |
| Pilken | 83 | 4 | / |
| Plkn | 80 | 147 | / |
| Pelchen | 77 | 317 | / |
| Pelkina | 77 | 115 | / |
| Pelkyna | 77 | 10 | / |
| Pilkent | 77 | 4 | / |
| Pilkienė | 71 | 79 | / |
| Pehlchen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pilkin | 67 | 345 | / |
| Pylkin | 67 | 45 | / |
| Pylkyn | 67 | 30 | / |
| Pelcin | 67 | 29 | / |
| Plekyn | 67 | 5 | / |
| Plekin | 67 | 5 | / |
| Pölking | 62 | 387 | / |
| Pilkina | 62 | 278 | / |
| Pilchen | 62 | 91 | / |
| Pylkina | 62 | 90 | / |
| Pylkyna | 62 | 56 | / |
| Pälchen | 62 | 48 | / |
| Plechen | 62 | 45 | / |
| Pölchen | 62 | 20 | / |
| Pylchen | 62 | 5 | / |
| Pelquin | 62 | 3 | / |
| Plekina | 62 | 2 | / |
| Pelchin | 62 | 1 | / |
| Plekyna | 62 | 1 | / |
| Piolkin | 62 | 1 | / |
| Pöhlking | 57 | 66 | / |
| Pöhlchen | 57 | 25 | / |
| Pleckina | 57 | 18 | / |
| Pielquin | 57 | 6 | / |
| Plehkina | 57 | 3 | / |
| Pellquin | 57 | 3 | / |
| Plekkink | 57 | 1 | / |
| Plecking | 57 | 1 | / |
| Plekhnova | 53 | 8 | / |
| Pilcin | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Pelken
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