Pielken Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Pielken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 57 | 1:1,412,376 | 87,104 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Pielken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pielken Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pielken is more frequently found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Pielken click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pielken? popularity and diffusion
Pielken is the 2,506,728th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pielken reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname Pielken is most numerous in Germany, where it is held by 57 people, or 1 in 1,412,376. In Germany Pielken is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 81 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 18 percent reside. Beside Germany it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 2 percent reside and Switzerland, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pelken | 92 | 22 | / |
| Pilken | 92 | 4 | / |
| Peulken | 86 | 33 | / |
| Pehlken | 86 | 32 | / |
| Pilkent | 86 | 4 | / |
| Pilkienė | 80 | 79 | / |
| Pielchen | 80 | 13 | / |
| Pielking | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pilkin | 77 | 345 | / |
| Pelkin | 77 | 113 | / |
| Pelkyn | 77 | 7 | / |
| Plkn | 73 | 147 | / |
| Pelchen | 71 | 317 | / |
| Pilkina | 71 | 278 | / |
| Pelkina | 71 | 115 | / |
| Pilchen | 71 | 91 | / |
| Pelkyna | 71 | 10 | / |
| Poilkin | 71 | 2 | / |
| Piolkin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Piyalkin | 67 | 39 | / |
| Pielquin | 67 | 6 | / |
| Powelkin | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pehlchen | 67 | 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 Pielken
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