Wamken Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Wamken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wamken Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Wamken Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wamken occurs in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wamken? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 7,117,718th most frequently used last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 71 percent of Wamken live; 71 percent live in Northern Europe and 71 percent live in Scandinavia.

Wamken is most numerous in Sweden, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 1,969,351. In Sweden it is most common in: Stockholm County, where 100 percent reside. Besides Sweden this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 29 percent reside.

Wamken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wamken has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wamkeen921/
Waumken920/
Wemken83712/
Wanken83249/
Wamkin832/
Womken831/
Wamcen831/
Wankaen7730/
Baumken7724/
Wainken773/
Wemcken773/
Wangken771/
Wannken770/
Wankenne7117/
Woumkeng7111/
Wankin6786/
Bömken6771/
Vanken677/
Wonken673/
Uemken671/
Wemkin671/
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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 Wamken
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