Vencken Surname

1,144,405th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 210 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Vencken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vencken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1801:93,81815,387
Belgium241:479,02747,365
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Vencken Last Name Facts

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

The last name Vencken has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Vencken? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,144,405th most widely held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 34,702,600 people. The last name Vencken occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Vencken are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Vencken is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 180 people, or 1 in 93,818. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: Limburg, where 53 percent live, North Holland, where 16 percent live and South Holland, where 12 percent live. Excluding The Netherlands this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 11 percent live and Ireland, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Venken92552/
Vencen9210/
Venckienė882,314/
Vincken86925/
Vienken86187/
Bencken8667/
Fencken8621/
Vyncken861/
Wiencken80213/
Behncken8092/
Vinken771,439/
Benken77479/
Venkin7762/
Fenken7724/
Bencen7719/
Wenken7716/
Venkyn777/
Vencin773/
Vencnc770/
Fencen770/
Vinckienė752/
Vncn731/
Behnken711,896/
Beenken71712/
Wienken71672/
Fincken71431/
Wenchen71132/
Vyonken7180/
Venkina7164/
Wengken7125/
Fenchen719/
Voenkin717/
Fenkeng717/
Venkyna717/
Venchin714/
Huenken714/
Wemcken713/
Benkent713/
Voenkyn712/
Benckin712/
Feunken711/
Vinckem711/
Benchen711/
Venking711/
Fienken710/
Wengchen67386/
Fengchen6795/
Huehnken677/
Waenkaen672/
Benkienė672/
Benkennn671/
Benkenne671/
Feunkeun671/
Biengken671/
Beenkken671/
Behnkken671/

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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 Vencken
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