Prakken Surname

554,308th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 575 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Prakken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prakken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands4331:39,0006,588
United States711:5,105,055259,233
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
Germany181:4,472,526177,866
England31:18,572,686338,250
Albania21:1,457,02824,967
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Prakken Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Prakken Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Prakken is most common in The Netherlands. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Prakken? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 554,308th most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 12,673,993 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 80 percent of Prakken are found; 79 percent are found in Western Europe and 79 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 433 people, or 1 in 39,000. In The Netherlands it is most common in: Drenthe, where 20 percent are found, Friesland, where 18 percent are found and Overijssel, where 17 percent are found. Besides The Netherlands it is found in 11 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 12 percent are found and The Dominican Republic, where 4 percent are found.

Prakken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Prakken has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Prakken last name expanded 3,550 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Prakken Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Prakken surname are 21.98% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 68.75% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Prakken earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 35.47% more than the national average, earning $58,455 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.58% more than the national average, earning $52,954 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Praken9218/
Prakkin862/
Prakien861/
Prakaen861/
Prakeen861/
Prekken861/
Prakienė809/
Praikaen801/
Prakin77132/
Prakyn7710/
Preken771/
Phraikaen75129/
Prakina71103/
Praikin7190/
Prosken7138/
Prakyna7112/
Pratkin718/
Praskyn715/
Pradkin715/
Praykin711/
Procken710/
Prachkin6745/
Prachkyn679/
Praykina677/
Prashkin677/
Praukina671/

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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 Prakken
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