Senkans Surname

906,170th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 294 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Senkans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Senkans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia2761:7,4281,069
England91:6,190,895170,599
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

The alternate forms: Senkāns (1) & Seņkāns (3) are calculated separately.

Senkans Last Name Facts

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

The last name Senkans (Russian: Сенканс) occurs more in Latvia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Senkāns or Seņkāns. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Senkans? popularity and diffusion

The surname Senkans is the 906,170th most widely held surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 24,787,571 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Senkans reside; 97 percent reside in Northern Europe and 94 percent reside in Baltic Europe.

This last name is most widely held in Latvia, where it is carried by 276 people, or 1 in 7,428. In Latvia Senkans is mostly concentrated in: Riga Planning Region, where 53 percent live, Latgale, where 40 percent live and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 3 percent live. Aside from Latvia this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 3 percent live and Australia, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Senkāns951/
Seņkāns903/
Semkans863/
Jenkans861/
Senkanze802/
Ssenkanze753/
Jenkons714/
Jinkans713/
Genkams711/
Semkons710/
Ginkans710/
Jenkeins670/
Jincans572/
Symkons571/
Simkons571/
Jencons571/
Jinkons570/
Gimnkons530/
Shincance501/

Senkans Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Senkans in the Russian language
Сенкансsenkans-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Senkans
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