Walkstein Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Walkstein Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Walkstein Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Walkstein Come From? nationality or country of origin
Walkstein is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Walkstein? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,593,402nd most commonly held last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 83 percent of Walkstein live; 83 percent live in Western Europe and 67 percent live in Germanic Europe.
Walkstein is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 20,126,365. In Germany Walkstein is most frequent in: Brandenburg, where 25 percent reside, Hamburg, where 25 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 25 percent reside. Besides Germany this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in France, where 17 percent reside and The United States, where 17 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wallikstein | 90 | 6 | / |
| Wolkstein | 89 | 123 | / |
| Wilkstein | 89 | 1 | / |
| Volkstein | 78 | 11 | / |
| Wallach-Stein | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wilkstone | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wualoxten | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wauloxten | 67 | 1 | / |
| Welkeston | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wilkes-Dunn | 50 | 1 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Walkstein
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