Venken Surname

571,325th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 552 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Venken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Venken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium5341:21,5293,344
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419

Venken Last Name Facts

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

The surname Venken (Russian: Венкен) occurs in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Venken? popularity and diffusion

It is the 571,325th most widely held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 13,202,076 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Venken reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 92 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

Venken is most frequent in Belgium, where it is borne by 534 people, or 1 in 21,529. In Belgium it is primarily concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 93 percent reside, Walloon Region, where 4 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account Belgium it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vencken92210/
Vienken92187/
Vinken831,439/
Venkin8362/
Fenken8324/
Wenken8316/
Vencen8310/
Venkyn837/
Venckienė802,314/
Vincken77925/
Beenken77712/
Wienken77672/
Vyonken7780/
Venkina7764/
Wengken7725/
Fencken7721/
Venkyna777/
Fenkeng777/
Voenkin777/
Huenken774/
Voenkyn772/
Feunken771/
Vyncken771/
Venking771/
Fienken770/
Wiencken71213/
Behncken7192/
Huehnken717/
Waenkaen712/
Benkennn711/
Feunkeun711/
Beenkken711/
Behnkken711/
Finken673,288/
Wemken67712/
Fenkin67376/
Wenkin67128/
Phengkeng6768/
Winken6759/
Vinkin6722/
Benkyn6711/
Phengkaen679/
Wynken674/
Fenkyn673/
Fenkem673/
Vencin673/
Vynkyn672/
Uemken671/
Benqen671/
Bünken671/
Vencnc670/
Fencen670/

Venken Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Venken in the Russian language
Венкенvenken-

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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 Venken
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