Specken Surname

641,055th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 474 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Specken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Specken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1711:98,75516,062
Germany1701:473,56241,271
Canada591:624,50251,218
United States411:8,840,462379,649
Argentina131:3,287,955132,850
Israel111:777,96750,646
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States301:1,673,95687,330

Specken Last Name Facts

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

The surname Specken is most common in The Netherlands. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Specken? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 641,055th most frequently used family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,374,569 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 73 percent of Specken are found; 73 percent are found in Western Europe and 73 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 171 people, or 1 in 98,755. In The Netherlands Specken is most common in: Groningen, where 20 percent live, Drenthe, where 18 percent live and Utrecht, where 18 percent live. Barring The Netherlands it exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 36 percent live and Canada, where 12 percent live.

Specken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Specken has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Specken surname grew 137 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Specken Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Specken last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 100% registered with the political party.

The amount Specken earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 3.72% more than the national average, earning $44,756 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.45% more than the national average, earning $57,854 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Speckien9361/
Speckeen9348/
Speycken9312/
Speicken931/
Speken927/
Speijcken8865/
Speckin86287/
Spekken8682/
Spacken864/
Spocken861/
Speaken860/
Specking80171/
Spackeen8031/
Spijcken801/
Speckinn801/
Speichen801/
Speekeen800/
Spekin779/
Spiken778/
Specnt771/
Spoken770/
Specin770/
Spicen770/
Shpekin7112/
Shpekyn717/
Spackén711/
Spichen711/
Spekina711/
Spechin710/
Speikin710/
Spichkin67468/
Shpekina6748/
Spekkink6741/
Spychkyn6734/
Shpekyna676/
Speshkin675/
Spickina672/
Speeking672/
Spakn670/

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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 Specken
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