Wamken Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Wamken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Wamken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wamken Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wamken occurs most in Sweden. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamken? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 7,117,718th most commonly held surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 71 percent of Wamken reside; 71 percent reside in Northern Europe and 71 percent reside in Scandinavia.
The last name Wamken is most widespread in Sweden, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 1,969,351. In Sweden it is primarily found in: Stockholm County, where 100 percent are found. Not including Sweden it occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 29 percent are found.
Wamken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wamken has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wamken surname contracted 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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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