van Acken Surname

1,491,356th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 141 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

van Acken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Acken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1081:745,42156,003
Netherlands171:993,36365,241
Belgium111:1,045,14978,166
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

van Acken Last Name Facts

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

van Acken occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name van Acken? popularity and diffusion

van Acken is the 1,491,356th most widespread surname on earth, held by around 1 in 51,684,723 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of van Acken reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 89 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 108 people, or 1 in 745,421. In Germany van Acken is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 87 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 5 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 2 percent reside. Excluding Germany van Acken is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 12 percent reside and Belgium, where 8 percent reside.

van Acken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of van Acken has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the van Acken surname rose 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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
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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 van Acken
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