Veken Surname
Approximately 230 people bear this surname
Veken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 141 | 1:119,767 | 18,833 |
| Germany | 43 | 1:1,872,220 | 105,027 |
| Belgium | 14 | 1:821,189 | 66,436 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Veken (12) may also be a first name.
Veken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Veken Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Veken (Arabic: فيكن, Russian: Векен) is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Veken? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,076,574th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 31,684,982 people. Veken occurs predominantly in Europe, where 92 percent of Veken live; 90 percent live in Western Europe and 86 percent live in Germanic Europe. Veken is also the 3,306,491st most widespread first name at a global level It is held by 12 people.
Veken is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is held by 141 people, or 1 in 119,767. In The Netherlands Veken is most frequent in: North Holland, where 82 percent are found, South Holland, where 8 percent are found and North Brabant, where 6 percent are found. Outside of The Netherlands this surname occurs in 17 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 19 percent are found and Belgium, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Veken Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Veken in the Russian language | ||
| Векен | veken | - |
| Veken in the Arabic language | ||
| فيكن | fykn | - |
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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 Veken
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