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 last name Timken (Russian: Тимкен) is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Timken click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Timken? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 722,496th most frequently held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 18,083,240 people. It is predominantly 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 given name world-wide, borne by 12 people.

The last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 384 people, or 1 in 943,903. In The United States it is most numerous in: California, where 15 percent are found, Kansas, where 14 percent are found and Maryland, where 9 percent are found. Outside of The United States this surname is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 1 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.

Timken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Timken has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Timken last name expanded 2,133 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Timken Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Timken surname are 26.97% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 73.74% registered with the 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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