Waelkens Surname
Approximately 1,104 people bear this surname
Waelkens Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 852 | 1:13,494 | 2,034 |
| France | 192 | 1:345,952 | 52,007 |
| Argentina | 24 | 1:1,780,976 | 92,783 |
| Netherlands | 11 | 1:1,535,198 | 78,311 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Waelkens Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waelkens Come From? nationality or country of origin
Waelkens is found in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Waelkens? popularity and diffusion
The last name Waelkens is the 334,403rd most frequently occurring last name in the world, held by around 1 in 6,601,038 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 94 percent of Waelkens live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 70 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name Waelkens is most numerous in Belgium, where it is borne by 852 people, or 1 in 13,494. In Belgium Waelkens is mostly concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 89 percent are found, Walloon Region, where 10 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent are found. Other than Belgium Waelkens occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in France, where 17 percent are found and Argentina, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Welkens | 93 | 30 | / |
| Wielkens | 88 | 72 | / |
| Woelkens | 88 | 46 | / |
| Wealkens | 88 | 2 | / |
| Welkns | 86 | 1 | / |
| Weilkiens | 82 | 17 | / |
| Woehlkens | 82 | 14 | / |
| Wielckens | 82 | 10 | / |
| Weilckens | 82 | 1 | / |
| Wilkens | 80 | 18,694 | / |
| Welkins | 80 | 8 | / |
| Belkens | 80 | 2 | / |
| Velkens | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wilckens | 75 | 908 | / |
| Willkens | 75 | 127 | / |
| Beelkens | 75 | 45 | / |
| Beylkens | 75 | 22 | / |
| Wöhlkens | 75 | 7 | / |
| Wailkins | 75 | 2 | / |
| Wealkins | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wielckns | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wilkeuns | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wilkiens | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wielkins | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wellkins | 75 | 0 | / |
| Wilkeens | 75 | 0 | / |
| Welchens | 75 | 0 | / |
| Voelkens | 75 | 0 | / |
| Wlkins | 71 | 10 | / |
| Wilkns | 71 | 5 | / |
| Willckens | 71 | 2 | / |
| Wilkins | 67 | 115,598 | / |
| Vilkens | 67 | 30 | / |
| Bilkens | 67 | 15 | / |
| Vylkens | 67 | 14 | / |
| Wllkins | 67 | 7 | / |
| Völkens | 67 | 6 | / |
| Velkins | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wilkyns | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wilkenx | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wylkins | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bülkens | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wilkenz | 67 | 0 | / |
| Willkns | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Waelkens
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