Veknach Surname

1,398,030th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 156 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Veknach Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Veknach Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania1471:27,8562,341
United States91:40,273,215872,126

Veknach Last Name Facts

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

The surname Veknach (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﻜﻨﺎﺵ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Veknach? popularity and diffusion

Veknach is the 1,398,030th most widespread surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 46,715,038 people. The last name Veknach occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Veknach live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Senegambia Africa.

It is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 147 people, or 1 in 27,856. In Mauritania Veknach is most prevalent in: Adrar Region, where 69 percent reside, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 14 percent reside and Trarza Region, where 6 percent reside. Other than Mauritania Veknach occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 6 percent reside.

Veknach Last Name Statistics demography

Veknach earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.34% less than the national average, earning $41,708 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Veknache9355/
Veiknach931/
Vecknache881/
Vaknach863/
Viknach862/
Feknach862/
Feknache802/
Bekhnach801/
Vahaknach751/
Faknach711/
Facnach571/

Veknach Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Veknach in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻓﻜﻨﺎﺵfknash-

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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 Veknach
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