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

The surname Schelken occurs most in Germany. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

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

Schelken is the 2,843,861^st most frequently used last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. The last name Schelken occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Schelken are found; 94 percent are found in Western Europe and 94 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

Schelken is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 2,175,823. In Germany Schelken is most common in: Baden-Württemberg, where 65 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 16 percent reside and Bavaria, where 11 percent reside. Apart from Germany this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 15 percent reside and Canada, where 4 percent reside.