Telken Surname

2,020,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 86 people bear this surname

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

Telken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Telken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States781:4,646,909242,363
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

Telken Last Name Facts

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

The last name Telken is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Telken.

How Common Is The Last Name Telken? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,020,555th most widely held last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 84,738,906 people. Telken is primarily found in The Americas, where 92 percent of Telken reside; 91 percent reside in North America and 91 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

Telken is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 78 people, or 1 in 4,646,909. In The United States it is most common in: Missouri, where 33 percent are found, North Dakota, where 13 percent are found and Washington, where 9 percent are found. Apart from The United States this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 7 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.

Telken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Telken has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Telken surname expanded 520 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Telken Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Telken last name are 17.52% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 64.29% being registered to vote for the political party.

Telken earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.13% less than the national average, earning $40,503 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Toelken92111/
Teelken9246/
Tielken9216/
Thelken9216/
Thielken8616/
Thoelken861/
Tölken8394/
Telkin8385/
Tilken8370/
Telkyn834/
Tleken831/
Thölken77590/
Telkina7734/
Telkyna7710/
Thilken774/
Tilkeng771/
Tilkien771/
Tlqen731/
Tlcen731/
Thelking710/
Tilkin671,064/
Telcin67182/
Tlekin6743/
Tylkin6741/
Tlekenova6733/
Tylkyn672/
Telkim671/

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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 Telken
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