Silkens Surname
Approximately 371 people bear this surname
Silkens Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 167 | 1:68,842 | 11,001 |
| Netherlands | 161 | 1:104,889 | 16,937 |
| Germany | 33 | 1:2,439,559 | 124,421 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Silkens Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Silkens Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Silkens occurs more in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Silkens? popularity and diffusion
The surname Silkens is the 767,694th most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 19,642,981 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Silkens are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 92 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Belgium, where it is held by 167 people, or 1 in 68,842. In Belgium Silkens is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 87 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 10 percent live and Walloon Region, where 2 percent live. Not including Belgium Silkens is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 43 percent live and Germany, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shillkens | 88 | 0 | / |
| Zilkens | 86 | 144 | / |
| Gilkens | 86 | 48 | / |
| Silkins | 86 | 20 | / |
| Silkensová | 82 | 1 | / |
| Zillkens | 80 | 18 | / |
| Shilkins | 80 | 3 | / |
| Zielkens | 80 | 2 | / |
| Schelkens | 75 | 964 | / |
| Schölkens | 75 | 19 | / |
| Schülkens | 75 | 5 | / |
| Zilkins | 71 | 22 | / |
| Gilkins | 71 | 15 | / |
| Schoelkens | 71 | 13 | / |
| Selkins | 71 | 9 | / |
| Schuelkens | 71 | 6 | / |
| Selknæs | 71 | 5 | / |
| Schellkens | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gelkens | 71 | 1 | / |
| Scelkins | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shelkins | 67 | 0 | / |
| Clkins | 62 | 1 | / |
| Jelkins | 57 | 7 | / |
| Zelkins | 57 | 1 | / |
| Celkins | 57 | 0 | / |
| Gehlkins | 53 | 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
- 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 Silkens
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