Timken Surname

722,496th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 403 people bear this surname

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

Timken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Timken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3841:943,90370,502
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

Timken (12) may also be a first name.

Timken Last Name Facts

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

The surname Timken (Russian: Тимкен) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Timken? popularity and diffusion

Timken is the 722,496th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 18,083,240 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Timken live; 96 percent live in North America and 96 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 12 people.

This last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 384 people, or 1 in 943,903. In The United States Timken is most common in: California, where 15 percent live, Kansas, where 14 percent live and Maryland, where 9 percent live. Outside of The United States this surname exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 1 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.

Timken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Timken has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 2,133 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Timken Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Timken last name are 26.97% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 73.74% registered with the political party.

Timken earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 23.27% more than the national average, earning $53,189 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Timkeng921/
Timkin831,824/
Temken8313/
Tumken835/
Tymken831/
Timkina771,960/
Tiomkin77385/
Taimkin777/
Tumkeen773/
Timchen772/
Temkent772/
Tiomkina711/
Temkin671,703/
Tumkin67175/
Tymkyn67100/
Temkyn6779/
Tymkin6776/
Temkenova6721/
Tumkyn675/
Temkem672/
Tyomkin62286/
Temkina62268/
Tymkyna62111/
Temkyna6278/
Tymchen6243/
Teamkin6219/
Timchin624/
Temking623/
Tyomkyn621/
Temchen621/
Thumkin620/
Tyomkina57390/
Thimchin574/
Themking571/
Tymcin501/

Timken Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Timken in the Russian language
Тимкенtimken-

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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 Timken
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