Safken Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Safken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Safken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States471:7,711,892346,147
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Säfken (62) are calculated separately.

Safken Last Name Facts

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

Safken is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Säfken. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Safken? popularity and diffusion

The last name Safken is the 2,843,861st most frequently used family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Safken reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 100 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

It is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 47 people, or 1 in 7,711,892. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Colorado, where 70 percent reside, Montana, where 13 percent reside and Arizona, where 9 percent reside.

Safken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Safken has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Safken surname rose 4,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Safken Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Safken last name are 40.73% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 87.5% registered to vote for the political party.

Safken earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 19.15% more than the national average, earning $51,413 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Säfken9462/
Shafkeen861/
Safkin8344/
Söfken8314/
Sawken8314/
Sefken830/
Siefken772,048/
Söffken7714/
Safkina7713/
Seefken778/
Seifken776/
Shafkin773/
Safqeen771/
Seffken770/
Shafkind7119/
Shafking712/
Siefkeen712/
Saffkina712/
Schäfken711/
Savkienė711/
Shafqeen711/
Savkin678,499/
Savkyn67668/
Sawkin6734/
Sabkin6727/
Sofkin6726/
Sefkin672/
Jafkin671/
Savkenova671/

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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 Safken
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